Anglo-Saxon village re-enactment event in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 2008.
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Hundreds of years ago, people spoke Old English – but it is very different to English today.
Surfing has a range of health benefits.
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Brain injury survivors report the sport can give constant opportunities for learning and a way to reevaulate emotions.
MRI scans use strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the brain.
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Brain scans have been used to interpret thoughts, but how far can this technology go?
Methane leaks across oil and gas supply chains are speeding up climate change.
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Major sources, like oil and gas ‘super-emitters’, are almost entirely neglected by regulations.
The playground on Zaanhof.
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One visionary modernist architect saw play spaces as crucial to the 20th-century city. But they have to be cared for in order to survive.
Immunotherapies, such as cancer vaccines, help train the immune system to fight off cancer.
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This study further highlights the potential of mRNA vaccines in cancer treatment.
Kissing may seem natural, but it remains unclear whether it’s a universal human act, or a cultural one.
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Researchers examined whether kissing is an innate human activity or whether its origins are relatively recent.
Antrim coastal road, Northern Ireland.
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Inflating your cars’ tyres properly isn’t just good for your bank account - it can minimise your environmental footprint too.
The control of fire by humans probably developed gradually over thousands of years.
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Signs of controlled fire use from Spain are at least 50,000 years older than previous evidence.
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The advantages and disadvantages of summer-born children entering school outside their peer group.
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The question of how difficult it is for life to emerge is interesting – not least because it can shed some light on the likelihood of finding life on other planets.
A young cuckoo being fed by its adoptive mother.
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The natural world is awash with liars – here are nature’s best.
Students who lack access to computers or a reliable internet connection may not be able to take advantage of digital tools like chatbots.
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Digital poverty could put some students at a disadvantage.
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The much-discussed weight-loss jab may be good for treating Britain’s biggest killer: dementia. Trials are underway.
Looking at positive news – and in particular, kind acts – may help people feel more uplifted.
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Our study also found that seeing articles or videos about kind acts can help viewers feel more positively about humanity in general.
Owusu Addo Residence by John Owusu Addo.
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Too often, in discussions about tropical modernism, what African architects working in Africa were doing is overlooked. Their work matters.
Staff members at Northern Rail got a bee tattoo in memory of the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack.
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Throughout their history, tattoos have helped bind together out-groups.
A glacier-fed river from the Odenwinkelkees glacier, Austria.
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Meltwater rivers in the European Alps will change as glaciers melt – threatening animals that are vital for alpine ecosystems with habitat loss.
The ball game marker discovered in Chichén Itzá.
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Ancient rituals and games possess characteristics like repetition, structure and the use of symbolic objects that aid students in understanding the world.
Pay transparency.
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Research shows strong evidence that pay transparency laws can reduce the gender pay gap.