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GCSE results are out – but is the system worth it?

Students may be encouraged to study and take exams in subjects that don’t suit them and that they don’t enjoy.

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Hannah Wilkinson

Israel’s plan for massive new West Bank settlement would make a Palestinian state impossible

The proposed development would effectively cut the West Bank in two.

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Leonie Fleischmann

How the racist study of skulls gripped Victorian Britain’s scientists

Craniometry, the study of skull measurements, was widely taught in medical schools in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Elise Smith

No end to the violence as Israel launches its assault on Gaza City

As Israel begins its assault on Gaza City there is little prospect for a ceasefire.

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Julie M. Norman

Sleep apnoea and the unlikely role of conch shells

Blowing a conch shell – quirky idea or real sleep therapy?

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Jo-Anne Johnson

Why people embrace conspiracy theories: it’s about community, not gullibility

Far from being isolated outsiders, conspiracy theorists enjoy thriving communities that recruit and organise activism.

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Robin Canniford

Why empty supermarket shelves make you uneasy – even if you don’t want the missing items

Product shortages can trigger memories of stressful times like Brexit and COVID.

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Dominik Piehlmaier

Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? Here’s what the experts say

Trump is keen to portray himself as a global peacemaker.

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Rachael Jolley

Sorry, Baby: a sad, funny, profound film about life after trauma

Her debut marks Eva Victor as a distinctive voice in contemporary cinema, one who trusts her characters and her audience alike.

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Laura O&39Flanagan

The economic pros and cons of building more and more data centres in the UK

They suck up energy and water and don’t employ many people, but the UK economy really needs more data centres.

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Michael A. Lewis

Football fans will see Nigel Farage’s branded kit for the cynical move it is

The pale blue strip is unlikely to become Reform’s version of the Maga hat.

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Josh Bland

Let ‘performative males’ be – gender has always been a performance and our need for authenticity is bad for us

The ‘good guy’ is a performance, and that’s OK.

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Alexander Stoffel

Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? We spoke to the experts to find out

Trump is keen to portray himself as a global peacemaker.

latest 1

Rachael Jolley

Edinburgh TV festival: James Harding’s MacTaggart lecture is a passionate defence of the BBC

Harding believes the continued existence of the BBC as a well-funded public broadcaster is crucial to fighting misinformation and biased media...

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Paul Tucker

The UK Space Agency has been absorbed into the science department. The potential effects are still unclear

The agency has been the subject of some criticism and some aspects of the new arrangement could be positive.

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Bleddyn Bowen

Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold – not the tropics

New research overturns decades of assumptions about how – and where – our lineage began.

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Jason Gilchrist

The UK’s year of climate U-turns exposes a deeper failure

Breaking free of the dangerous pretence that current efforts suffice demands a fundamental rethink of the UK’s climate policy consensus.

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Kevin Anderson

Hay fever: new immunotherapy approved in England for people with severe birch pollen allergies

Birch pollen is one of the most common hay fever triggers.

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Heba Ghazal

Making Waves; Breaking Ground: a luminous show that reveals the interconnectedness of nature

Numerous images exploring the blurry, textured thickness of light feature prominently in Making Waves; Breaking Ground, a group exhibition at the...

yesterday 4

Alistair Rider

Five of the most common injuries that can happen while climbing and bouldering

Climbing and bouldering have become increasingly popular pastimes. In 2021, competitive climbing even become one of the official games at the Tokyo...

yesterday 3

Dan Baumgardt

Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory

When Donald Trump recently claimed, during what was supposed to be a press conference about an EU trade deal, that wind turbines were a “con job”...

yesterday 3

Marc Hudson

Do big gigs alter economies? What the Oasis tour reveals about how we spend

When Oasis returned to British stadiums this summer, hotel prices around venues jumped and flights filled fast. Commentators predicted that...

yesterday 3

Marcel Lukas

Ukraine war: what an ‘article 5-style ’ security guarantee might look like

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, had good cause to be optimistic following his recent White House meetings with Donald Trump and the...

yesterday 3

Mark Webber

Plastics: all around us and inside us

Plastic is one of the most remarkable materials ever created. It’s cheap, lightweight and endlessly versatile. It can be shaped into anything from...

yesterday 2

Rosa Busquets

Vikings were captivated by silver – our new analysis of their precious loot reveals how far they travelled to get it

In the archaeology galleries of the Yorkshire Museum, an incredible Viking silver neck-ring takes centre stage. The ring is made of four ropes of...

yesterday 3

Jane Kershaw

How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters

Climate change is reshaping fish habitats. Some fish are winners, others are losing out. Fish already face plenty of pressure from overfishing and...

yesterday 3

Sevrine Sailley

Period pain and heavy bleeding linked with lower school attendance and GCSE results – new study

Menstrual cycles are experienced by roughly half of the population for half of their lives. The experiences of menstruation on teenagers are...

yesterday 3

Gemma Sawyer

Who was Jane Austen’s best heroine? These experts think they know

To mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, we’re pitting her much-loved heroines against each other in a battle of wit, charm and sass....

yesterday 3

Julie Taddeo

Four key health risks for racehorses – and how they can be minimised

Chasemore Farm stretches across 340 acres of leafy Surrey countryside just outside London. On a warm midsummer day, small groups of foals and their...

yesterday 3

Chris Proudman

Environmental antibiotic resistance unevenly addressed despite growing global risk, study finds

In his 1941 novel The Library of Babel, Jorge Luis Borges imagines a universe made entirely of books – every possible 410-page combination of 22...

yesterday 2

Gianni Lo Iacono

Want to understand the history of European culture? Start with the Minoans, not the Ancient Greeks

The Minoan culture was the first highly complex society on modern European soil, with palaces, writing, stunning art – and even flushing toilets....

yesterday 2

Ellen Adams

Going with the flow: how penguins use tides to travel and hunt

Poohsticks, the game in which Piglet and Winnie the Pooh throw sticks into the river from one side of a bridge, and then rush over to the other...

previous day 20

Rory Wilson

Teenagers are choosing to study Stem subjects – it’s a sign of the times

A-level results in 2025 show the increasing popularity of Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) among students. For students taking...

previous day 10

Mike Watts

William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea speaks to processing childhood trauma

In William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea (1820) a huge muscled figure fills the frame. He steps forward, the right side of his body towards...

previous day 1

Sarah Corbett

Freud would have called AI a ‘narcissistic insult’ to humanity – here’s how we might overcome it

In 1917, Sigmund Freud described three “narcissistic insults” that had been caused by science. These were moments of scientific breakthrough that...

previous day 1

Antje Jackelén

With over 17,000 shops in the UK expected to close this year, city centres must move on from retail

British businesses are under such strain that around 50,000 are on the brink of collapse according to a recent report. Retail is an especially...

previous day 1

Lyndon Simkin

Extreme weather alerts can move markets – here’s what investors can learn from our new research

Many of us check the weather forecast to plan our day – to decide whether to carry an umbrella, postpone a trip or work from home when snow is on...

previous day 2

Styliani Panetsidou

Part of your brain gets bigger as you get older – here is what that means for you

I recently asked myself if I’ll still have a healthy brain as I get older. I hold a professorship at a neurology department. Nevertheless, it is...

previous day 3

Esther Kuehn

Transatlantic unity at the White House disguises lack of progress towards just peace for Ukraine

At a high-stakes meeting at the White House on August 18, the US president, Donald Trump, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, tried...

previous day 2

Stefan Wolff

Bolivia election: voters bring two decades of leftist politics to an end

A seismic political shift has taken place in Bolivia. The country’s leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party, which has dominated Bolivian...

previous day 4

Amalendu Misra

Chikungunya: what UK travellers should know about this mosquito-borne virus

The UK’s Health Security Agency has advised overseas travellers to take precautions to avoid contracting the potentially severe mosquito-borne...

previous day 3

Paul Hunter

Kharkiv: what I saw in Ukraine’s ‘unbreakable’ eastern capital

I visited Ukraine last week to update my knowledge of the military situation there. I was privileged to be invited to visit Kharkiv by a friend –...

previous day 3

Frank Ledwidge

Laws are introduced globally to reduce ‘psychological harm’ online – but there’s no clear definition of what it is

Several pieces of legislation across the world are coming into effect this year to tackle harms experienced online, such as the UK’s Online Safety...

previous day 3

Magda Osman

Why preventive mastectomy isn’t offered to everyone at risk

When Jesse J, Christina Applegate and Katie Thurston spoke openly about their mastectomies, their candour did more than share private struggles. It...

previous day 2

Ahmed Elbediwy

Why the Arthur’s Seat burn is a cautionary tale for the UK’s wildfire management strategy

For the tenth time this year, a wildfire warning covers most of Scotland. The latest alert came after a recent, and not the first, gorse fire on...

previous day 3

Elliot Convery-Fisher

How scientists can contribute to social movements and climate action

Despite decades of scientists’ warnings about climate and ecological breakdown, record-breaking heat and escalating environmental disasters have...

monday 7

Aaron Thierry

How Russia emerged as the clear winner from the Alaska summit

As a former reality TV star, Donald Trump often gives the impression of playing the part of a US president rather than conducting the business of...

monday 10

David Hastings Dunn

I got an AI to impersonate me and teach me my own course – here’s what I learned about the future of education

Imagine you had an unlimited budget for individual tutors offering hyper-personalised courses that maximised learners’ productivity and skills...

monday 10

Alex Connock

Game changer: how data science is revolutionising athlete performance

Sports coaches have always made decisions based on experience, observation and intuition. But they are increasingly relying on hard evidence....

monday 5

Christophe Ley

Emerging parasite threats in the UK and Ireland: the role of climate change and pet travel

Toby, a fun-loving Labrador, was a beloved member of the Murphy household. So, when the family noticed patches of hair loss and red, itchy skin on...

monday 5

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GCSE results are out – but is the system worth it?

Hannah Wilkinson

Israel’s plan for massive new West Bank settlement would make a Palestinian state impossible

Leonie Fleischmann

How the racist study of skulls gripped Victorian Britain’s scientists

Elise Smith

No end to the violence as Israel launches its assault on Gaza City

Julie M. Norman

Sleep apnoea and the unlikely role of conch shells

Jo-Anne Johnson

Why people embrace conspiracy theories: it’s about community, not gullibility

Robin Canniford

Why empty supermarket shelves make you uneasy – even if you don’t want the missing items

Dominik Piehlmaier

Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? Here’s what the experts say

Rachael Jolley

Sorry, Baby: a sad, funny, profound film about life after trauma

Laura O&39Flanagan

The economic pros and cons of building more and more data centres in the UK

Michael A. Lewis

Football fans will see Nigel Farage’s branded kit for the cynical move it is

Josh Bland

Let ‘performative males’ be – gender has always been a performance and our need for authenticity is bad for us

Alexander Stoffel

Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? We spoke to the experts to find out

Rachael Jolley

Edinburgh TV festival: James Harding’s MacTaggart lecture is a passionate defence of the BBC

Paul Tucker

The UK Space Agency has been absorbed into the science department. The potential effects are still unclear

Bleddyn Bowen

Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold – not the tropics

Jason Gilchrist

The UK’s year of climate U-turns exposes a deeper failure

Kevin Anderson

Hay fever: new immunotherapy approved in England for people with severe birch pollen allergies

Heba Ghazal

Making Waves; Breaking Ground: a luminous show that reveals the interconnectedness of nature

Alistair Rider

Five of the most common injuries that can happen while climbing and bouldering

Dan Baumgardt

Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory

Marc Hudson

Do big gigs alter economies? What the Oasis tour reveals about how we spend

Marcel Lukas

Ukraine war: what an ‘article 5-style ’ security guarantee might look like

Mark Webber

Plastics: all around us and inside us

Rosa Busquets

Vikings were captivated by silver – our new analysis of their precious loot reveals how far they travelled to get it

Jane Kershaw

How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters

Sevrine Sailley

Period pain and heavy bleeding linked with lower school attendance and GCSE results – new study

Gemma Sawyer

Who was Jane Austen’s best heroine? These experts think they know

Julie Taddeo

Four key health risks for racehorses – and how they can be minimised

Chris Proudman

Environmental antibiotic resistance unevenly addressed despite growing global risk, study finds

Gianni Lo Iacono

Want to understand the history of European culture? Start with the Minoans, not the Ancient Greeks

Ellen Adams

Going with the flow: how penguins use tides to travel and hunt

Rory Wilson

Teenagers are choosing to study Stem subjects – it’s a sign of the times

Mike Watts

William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea speaks to processing childhood trauma

Sarah Corbett

Freud would have called AI a ‘narcissistic insult’ to humanity – here’s how we might overcome it

Antje Jackelén

With over 17,000 shops in the UK expected to close this year, city centres must move on from retail

Lyndon Simkin

Extreme weather alerts can move markets – here’s what investors can learn from our new research

Styliani Panetsidou

Part of your brain gets bigger as you get older – here is what that means for you

Esther Kuehn

Transatlantic unity at the White House disguises lack of progress towards just peace for Ukraine