Archaeology Dig for victory: how archaeology can help veterans' mental healthThe Guardian - Steven MorrisScrabbling around on hands and knees in a muddy trench surrounded by the misty mountains of mid Wales may not be everyone’s idea of a fun way to while away the last days of summer. But Julian Pitt, a Royal
Science The physics professor who says online extremists act like curdled milkThe Guardian - Julia Carrie Wong in San FranciscoThe typical reaction is: 'But I’m an individual, I don’t behave like a molecule of milk.' Yeah, but collectively we do If you remove randomly 10% of the members globally, this thing will begin to fall
Science Single polypill reduces risk of heart attacks and strokes, study findsThe Guardian - Nicola DavisA cheap, single pill taken once a day that combines four common drugs is safe and reduces the risk of events such as heart attacks, strokes and sudden death in people over the age of 50, research has The
Play buttonMoon Spacewatch: India’s moon mission arrives in lunar orbitThe Guardian - Stuart ClarkIndia’s moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, has arrived in lunar orbit. The spacecraft is engaged in a series of manoeuvres that will place it in its final operating orbit, a circular path looping over the moon’s
Science Blow to 10,000-hour rule as study finds practice doesn't always make perfectThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorWith blatant disregard for the public benefits of motivational idioms, researchers have concluded that practice does not, necessarily, make perfect. A study of violinists found that merely good players
Science Country diary: we wander as tourists of decay amid the ruinsThe Guardian - Paul EvansWoods have grown around the village of Din Lligwy, hiding it in a clearing where the grass is mown in ancient-monument style around the ruins of iron-age huts. Signs inform visitors that Din means fortified,
Dinosaurs New species of stegosaurus uncovered in Moroccan digThe Guardian - PA MediaA new species of one of the most recognisable types of dinosaur is also the oldest of its kind ever discovered, British scientists believe. Remains of a stegosaurus, an armoured dinosaur instantly recognisable
Science Plantwatch: life on the verge for Britain's roadside wildflowersThe Guardian - Paul SimonsSome of the last refuges of our wildflower meadows are now squeezed into many roadside verges. Since the 1930s, 97% of the UK’s wildflower meadows have been destroyed, but many road verges have become
Moon Nasa mission to Jupiter moon Europa moves step closer to launchThe Guardian - Nicola DavisA Nasa mission to explore the most tantalising of Jupiter’s 79 moons has been given the green light to proceed to the final stages of development. Europa – which is slightly smaller than our own moon has
Ageism Zombie pensioners: ageism never diesThe Guardian - LettersI was somewhat perturbed to read the article headed “Third of Britons confess to ageist discrimination” (19 August) and to then read overleaf the report “Wheatley offers zombie pensioners in generation
Pigs Pig to human heart transplants 'possible within three years'The Guardian - PA MediaAdapted pig hearts could be transplanted into patients within three years, accordingto a report citing the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK. On the 40th anniversary of the first successful
Science Starwatch: the moon puts on a show in the hours before dawnThe Guardian - Stuart ClarkThis week, the waning moon cuts a swath through the body of Taurus in the pre-dawn hours. The show begins on 23 August with the moon at last quarter, when the western hemisphere of our natural satellite
Science Martin Rees: ‘Climate change is a doddle compared with terraforming Mars’The Guardian - Ian TuckerI hope manned space flight will continue, but as a high-risk adventure bankrolled by private companies Martin Rees is a cosmologist and astrophysicist who has been the astronomer royal since 1995. He also
Neanderthals The five: surprising talents of the NeanderthalsThe Guardian - Laura PotierLast week, researchers from Washington University announced they had investigated the ear remains of 23 Neanderthals and found that around half had bony growths that suggested aquatic foraging was a prominent
Women in Science Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academicThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorDespite being invisible, maths has a dramatic impact on our lives Mathematicians, computer engineers and scientists in related fields should take a Hippocratic oath to protect the public from powerful
Sperm Sperm separation method may allow sex selection in IVFThe Guardian - Nicola DavisA new sperm separation technique may one day allow prospective parents undergoing IVF to choose whether they have a boy or a girl before fertilisation takes place, researchers say. Scientists in Japan
Worms Bronze age meals in the marshes – seasoned with parasitic wormsThe Guardian - Ian Sample Science editorThe clutch of homes that stood on stilts in the wetland fens of East Anglia were the envy of the local peasantry 3,000 years ago. But amid the remains of the grand wooden huts and the belongings of the
News Scientists discover new pain-sensing organThe Guardian - Nicola DavisA new organ involved in the sensation of pain has been discovered by scientists, raising hopes that it could lead to the development of new painkilling drugs. Researchers say they have discovered that
Language Why it’s time to stop worrying about the decline of the English languageThe Guardian - David ShariatmadariThe 21st century seems to present us with an ever-lengthening list of perils: climate crisis, financial meltdown, cyber-attacks. Should we stock up on canned foods in case the ATMs snap shut? Buy a shedload
Science Human-sized penguin fossil discovered in New ZealandThe Guardian - Patrick BarkhamA giant penguin that stood as tall as a person has been identified from fossil leg bones discovered by an amateur palaeontologist on New Zealand’s South Island. At 1.6 metres and 80kg (12st), the new Crossvallia
Science The menace of 'mincing': Lord defends regional accents – archive, 14 August 1934The GuardianLord Ponsonby broadcast last night on Accents, and pleaded for the preservation of country and of Cockney accents, of dialects, end of peculiarities of speech. “But I make one exception,” he said, “and
Science In defence of local accents and dialects – archive, 14 August 1934The GuardianLord Ponsonby broadcast last night on “Accents,” and pleaded for the preservation of country and of Cockney accents, of dialects, and of peculiarities of speech. “But I make one exception,” he said, “and
Alan Turing Alan Turing inquest verdict is questionableThe Guardian - LettersAs your report on the announcement that Alan Turing will be featured on the new £50 note says (16 July), an inquest concluded that his death was suicide. However, his death was never satisfactorily investigated
Science Surgeons dislodge man's false teeth from his voiceboxThe Guardian - Nicola DavisA man who turned up in A&E coughing up blood and having difficulty swallowing has surprised doctors who discovered he had false teeth lodged in his larynx. Doctors deduced that the 72-year-old must have
University of Cambridge Can you solve it? Get the gossip with Bobby SeagullThe Guardian - Alex BellosToday’s puzzle was suggested to me by Bobby Seagull, who was told it by his brother, who was told it by a Cambridge don. Four friends each have a different piece of gossip. They are all in separate locations,
Science Did you solve it? Get the gossip with Bobby SeagullThe Guardian - Alex BellosEarlier today I set you the following problem, suggested by maths influencer Bobby Seagull: Four friends each have a different piece of gossip. They are all in separate locations, and can communicate via
Perseids Starwatch: the Perseids – our most reliable meteor showerThe Guardian - Stuart ClarkOne astronomical event dominates all others this week. It is the annual Perseids meteor shower. This is a reliable meteor shower that can reach peak rates of one meteor every minute. The meteors are dust
Ancient History Dig in! Archaeologists serve up ancient menus for modern tablesThe Guardian - James TapperDuring a 1954 BBC documentary about Tollund Man, the mysterious body of a hanged man discovered in a peat bog in Denmark, the noted archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler ate a reconstruction of the 2,000-year-old’s
Archaeology ‘Perhaps the most important isotope’: how carbon-14 revolutionised scienceThe Guardian - Robin McKieWe have gained substantial understanding of the natural world because of carbon-14 John Marra Martin Kamen had worked for three days and three nights without sleep. The US chemist was finishing off a in
