Swapping a feeble dribble for a powerful blast might seem like an environmental indulgence when it comes to taking a shower, but researchers say it…
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UK students launch Barclays ‘career boycott’ over bank’s climate policies
Hundreds of students from leading UK universities have launched a “career boycott” of Barclays over its climate policies, warning that the bank will miss out…
View More UK students launch Barclays ‘career boycott’ over bank’s climate policies‘It takes a mental toll’: students in England priced out of university towns
Elena Dirik is studying politics and sociology in Bristol, the UK’s most expensive city in which to study after London, and has so far stayed…
View More ‘It takes a mental toll’: students in England priced out of university townsUniversity students in England ‘have 50p a week to live on after rent’
University students in England are left with the equivalent of 50p a week to live on from their loans after paying for accommodation, the cost…
View More University students in England ‘have 50p a week to live on after rent’Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius
When the blast from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached Herculaneum in AD79, it burned hundreds of ancient scrolls to a crisp in the library…
View More Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by VesuviusUK universities take £41m in fossil fuel funding since 2022
Major fossil fuel companies have committed tens of millions of pounds in funding to UK universities since 2022, it can be revealed, despite many of…
View More UK universities take £41m in fossil fuel funding since 2022University students more at risk of depression than non-students – study
University students are more at risk of depression and anxiety than their peers who go straight into work, according to a study, suggesting mental health…
View More University students more at risk of depression than non-students – studyUK 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…
View More UK academics urge Royal Society to condemn fossil fuel industryIf aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next?
The moment has been imagined a thousand times. As astronomers comb the cosmos with their powerful telescopes, they spot something that makes them gasp. Amid…
View More If aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next?You can smile yourself a little happier, scientists suggest
It won’t bring sunshine to the darkest days, but those in need of a little cheer may want to extend the corners of their lips…
View More You can smile yourself a little happier, scientists suggest