The surprising role cheese played in human evolution
A solid white mass found in a broken jar in an Ancient Egyptian tomb has turned out to be the world’s oldest example of…
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The surprising role cheese played in human evolution
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Democracy in the Animal Kingdom. Read how animals vote to make group decisions
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The surprising academic origins of memes
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James Webb telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy
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Boycotts, rallies and Free Mandela: UK anti-apartheid movement created a blueprint for activists today
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The artist’s dilemma: what constitutes selling out?
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The environmental cost of abandoning your tent at a music festival
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Why do national anthems cause so much trouble?
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Galleries continue to erase women artists in their blockbuster exhibitions
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Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression
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Democracy in the Animal Kingdom. Read how animals vote to make group decisions
Today we opt for ballot boxes, but humans have used numerous ways of voting to have their say throughout history. However, we’re not the…
The surprising academic origins of memes
There’s never a dull moment on the internet, and that’s got a lot to do with the fact that the content shared online is…
James Webb telescope: a scientist explains what its first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy
After decades of development and many trials and frustrations along the way, the James Webb telescope has finally started to deliver what it came…
Microplastics in our plate: We are consuming microplastics in ways we don’t even realise
We’re increasingly aware of how plastic is polluting our environment. Much recent attention has focused on how microplastics – tiny pieces ranging from 5…
Boycotts, rallies and Free Mandela: UK anti-apartheid movement created a blueprint for activists today
A star-studded line-up including Sting, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium in…
The artist’s dilemma: what constitutes selling out?
Yoav Litvin, The Rockefeller University Intellectuals, academics and artists play a unique role in society: they preserve and defend both freedom of expression and…
The environmental cost of abandoning your tent at a music festival
After years of depressing images of huge fields strewn with abandoned tents and rubbish in the aftermath of music festivals, it was heartening to…
Why do national anthems cause so much trouble?
Canadian MPs have voted in favour of making their country’s national anthem, O Canada, gender neutral, replacing the words “in all thy sons command”…
Galleries continue to erase women artists in their blockbuster exhibitions
The National Gallery recently announced its summer 2023 exhibition, After Impressionism, claiming the show will celebrate the “towering achievements of Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaugin…
Far-right extremists keep co-opting Norse symbolism – here’s why
Payton Gendron, the suspect in the killing of ten people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, is the latest far-right extremist to…
Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression
Up to 30% of people with depression don’t respond to treatment with antidepressants. This may be down to differences in biology between patients and…
