Fashion for pointy shoes unleashed a plague of bunions in medieval Britain
11 June 2021Researchers analysing skeletal remains in Cambridge find a dramatic increase in ‘hallux valgus’ around the time that pointed shoes became de rigueur in the 1300s.
Astronomers spot a ‘blinking giant’ near the centre of the Galaxy
11 June 2021Astronomers have spotted a giant ‘blinking’ star towards the centre of the Milky Way, more than 25,000 light years away.
The futurist who'd like the future to slow down - just a little
10 June 2021The problem with being a futurist, says Richard Watson, is that change is happening a lot faster and a lot crazier these days. We talk...
‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics
10 June 2021Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products.
England on track to achieve elimination of HIV transmission by 2030 as model shows sharp decrease in HIV incidence
10 June 2021The annual number of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men in England is likely to have fallen dramatically, from 2,770 in...
People more afraid of catching COVID-19 are more judgemental, study finds
09 June 2021Researchers studying how we make moral judgements found that people more concerned about catching COVID-19 were more disapproving of the wrong-doings of others, whatever they were doing wrong.
Scientists can predict which women will have serious pregnancy complications
08 June 2021Women who will develop potentially life-threatening disorders during pregnancy can be identified early when hormone levels in the placenta are tested, a new study has...
Atom swapping could lead to ultra-bright, flexible next generation LEDs
07 June 2021An international group of researchers has developed a new technique that could be used to make more efficient low-cost light-emitting materials that are flexible and...
Experiment evaluates the effect of human decisions on climate reconstructions
07 June 2021The first double-blind experiment analysing the role of human decision-making in climate reconstructions has found that it can lead to substantially different results.