InstaSCIENCE – Issue 15 | 16 November 2026

Explore the science of seeing inside the human body!

This issue brings together fascinating discoveries, practical science, mathematics and imagination.

Inside this issue:

• Cover Feature – Seeing Inside Your Body Without a Cut: Discover 130 years of medical imaging, from X-rays to CT scans, ultrasound, MRI and PET. Explore how these remarkable technologies reveal the hidden workings of the human body.

• Two Exciting DIY Projects: Build a Shadow CT scanner and become a CT computer using simple materials and paper-and-pencil experiments.

• News Analysis – How Would We Stop a Killer Asteroid? Explore the science and technology of planetary defence and the methods scientists could use to protect Earth.

• Wonder Science Photo – Sahara Desert: Discover the world's largest hot desert through a spectacular photographic feature.

• Science Fiction – The Stolen Bacillus: Enjoy H. G. Wells's classic tale of science, microbes and misadventure.

• Math for Life – Probability, the Math of Maybe: Understand uncertainty through weather forecasts, dice, lotteries, insurance, the gambler's fallacy and the fascinating birthday paradox.

• Curiosity Corner: Explore intriguing questions about pain, the mathematical constants π and e, the dimensions of space, and why our bodies produce waste.

InstaSCIENCE brings science closer to everyday life through engaging explanations, striking visuals, practical experiments and thought-provoking ideas.

Big Science. Bright Minds.