An exciting new podcast about farming and technology has just been launched. It is called Farmerama Farmerama will be looking at interesting things people are doing in agriculture, sharing great stories from the small scale farming network, exploring ideas and research about agriculture…
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For more than a century, researchers have tried to pin down exactly why so many animal species play in their infancy. Now a new study in wild macaque monkeys has found that infants who play more actually boost key motor…
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State-of-the-art forensic technology from South Africa has been used to try and unravel the mystery of what was smoked in tobacco pipes found in the Stratford-upon-Avon garden of British playwright William Shakespeare. Residue from clay tobacco pipes more than 400…
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The referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU might be more than a year away, but Barack Obama has already nailed his colours to the mast. Speaking to the BBC, the US president has said he would like Britain to…
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Why are European institutions incapable of implementing values that honour fraternity, solidarity, and a dignified life, asks Donatella della Porta Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, and Director of the Centre on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos), in this post which was first…
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Universities should be places where discoveries are made. Academia is an opportunity for students and teachers to challenge themselves, their preconceptions and values and perhaps, head off in a new direction. But a statement issued by freedom of speech charity,…
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During July a mysterious beach hut will be travelling across the UK. Starting its journey in Seaham, County Durham, it will move on to Orford Ness, Suffolk finishing it’s journey in Porthgain, Pembrokeshire. Inside the bright blue hut you’ll experience an atmospheric…
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Coffee addicts have been saying it for years – now an experiment on mice has found that caffeine does indeed help one stay cool in stressful situations – and has pinpointed the neurochemical pathways involved in the process. The researchers…
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László Krasznahorkai has won the 2015 International Man Booker prize for “achievement in fiction on the world stage”. Described as “the Hungarian master of the apocalypse” by Susan Sontag, he has a preoccupation with societies which spiral into self-destruction and debauchery. Bran…
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Today, the Irish people vote in a referendum on gay marriage. Is a plebiscite the right way to take such a decision, should the majority have the right to deny basic human rights to a minority? In case you missed it, we…
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