British Reporter — Scientists have succeeded in dating some of the oldest stars in our galaxy with unprecedented precision by combining data from the stars’ oscillations with information about their chemical composition, University of Birmingham notes.
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British Reporter — Scientists have long questioned why the bursts of hot gas from the Sun do not cool down as fast as expected, and have now used a supercomputer to find out.
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British Reporter — According to University of California, human laughter is common, but it’s a somewhat mysterious part of our evolution. It’s clear to evolutionary scholars that we laugh as a part of play, signaling our cooperation or friendliness. But how did
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British Reporter — An incredible fossil discovery of two fighting mammoths has been highlighted for the first time in a new book on prehistoric behaviour. Static dinosaur fossils captured frozen in time have driven curiosity for hundreds of years with popular media making
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British Reporter — Having a cat (or several) can add companionship and warmth to any household. As you share each other’s space, however, you may have noticed a few quirks that your cat exhibits, varying from adorable to plainly bizarre, according to
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British Reporter — A group of astronomers has discovered 8 millisecond pulsars located within the dense clusters of stars, known as “globular clusters”, using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope.
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British Reporter — The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on young people’s mental health. Youth care researcher Levi van Dam suggest with international colleagues that mentors chosen by young people themselves from their own social environment could be used to help
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British Reporter — A ground-breaking trial, which uses digital avatars to represent the auditory hallucinations experienced by people with psychosis, has launched in Scotland according to University of Glasgow.
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British Reporter — This novel concept from the lab of neuroscientist Nicole Rust brings the field one step closer to understanding how memory functions. Long-term, it could have implications for treating memory-impairing diseases like Alzheimer’s, according to University of Pennsylvania.
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British Reporter — A teacher can experience a lot of joy through contact with students, but can also feel frustration when students show disruptive behaviours. Education scientist Janneke de Ruiter studied the emotional interactions between primary school teachers and specific students. The
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