New research shows that when we elect leaders and politicians we tend to prefer dominant-looking, masculine men, but when we are looking to make new friends we seek the opposite.
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2015
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We've been burning things for hundreds of thousands of years.
Earth Sciences
Dec 5, 2014
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The current debate over the right to be forgotten, spurred by a European Union ruling that allows people to stop certain web pages from appearing in search results, is proof – if further proof was required – of the distinct ...
Internet
Jul 14, 2014
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The lives of 18th century naval pensioners in the Greenwich Hospital hold several surprises, according to new research carried out at the university.
Other
Nov 13, 2013
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Allowing farmland that's been reclaimed from the sea to flood and turn back into salt marsh could make it absorb lots of carbon from the atmosphere, a new study suggests, though the transformation will take many years to ...
Environment
Mar 18, 2013
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Scientists in Poland have created a computer portrait of 18th century physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit using images of his relatives.
Other
Nov 27, 2012
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Microsoft says it is investing $100 million in a new technology center in Rio de Janeiro.
Business
Nov 8, 2012
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A new mathematical method can help to predict a couple's chances of becoming pregnant, according to how long they have been trying.
Mathematics
Oct 4, 2012
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Buried hoards are the stuff of childhood dreams. Treasure Under Your Feet, an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, brings together precious objects found all over East Anglia. Heaps of glittering coins, a collection of axe ...
Archaeology
May 5, 2011
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An Oxford University academic has explained the secret behind the success of two of the best selling volumes of poetic miscellanies in the 18th Century – a series of pornographic poems were hidden at the back of the ...
Other
Feb 4, 2011
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