Even if you’re not studying maths at university, you should start the term with a bit of arithmetic. When you draw up a budget, fundamentally…
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UK academics urge Royal Society to condemn fossil fuel industry
The Royal Society is under pressure from more than 1,200 leading academics to issue a clear condemnation of the fossil fuel industry. The academics have…
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The face of Bonnie Prince Charlie has been recreated using death masks that depict him as he would have looked during the Jacobite rising of…
View More Death masks help recreate face of Bonnie Prince CharlieCan you solve it? The simple question almost everyone gets wrong
Today’s puzzles are an intelligence test for children invented a century ago by an American psychologist, Grace Arthur. You will be presented with a patterned…
View More Can you solve it? The simple question almost everyone gets wrongCan you solve it? Rotation, rotation, rotation
Gather round. Today’s puzzles are all about going in circles. Onward with the revolution! 1. Roll with it Imagine a weight is being rolled along…
View More Can you solve it? Rotation, rotation, rotationMartin Lewis: ‘We must stop calling it a student loan’
The consumer finance champion Martin Lewis has highlighted the impact of the new arrangements for student loans, saying some school-leavers may no longer consider a…
View More Martin Lewis: ‘We must stop calling it a student loan’1,100 scientists and students barred from UK amid China crackdown
More than 1,000 scientists and postgraduate students were barred from working in the UK last year on national security grounds, amid a major government crackdown…
View More 1,100 scientists and students barred from UK amid China crackdownCan you solve it? Can you battle like a maths wizard?
What do you get when you combine mathematics with debating? You get a “maths battle”, an event for secondary school students in which two teams…
View More Can you solve it? Can you battle like a maths wizard?Children at risk of strep A in England could be given preventive antibiotics
Primary schoolchildren at risk from a severe form of strep A could be given preventive antibiotics as a blanket measure, in a move described as…
View More Children at risk of strep A in England could be given preventive antibioticsSchoolchildren in England to learn about biodiversity in new RHS project
Children will learn about biodiversity and nature in schools, and perhaps gain new green spaces in the playground, thanks to a new partnership between the…
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