News

Unpredictable evolution in brain tumours

Published
Thursday 21st November, 2019
Categories
Science
Health

When brain tumours are treated with radiation or chemotherapy their cells evolve in a way that appears to be random, according to research published today in Nature.

A microscope image of brain tumour cells shows lots of small pink moving blobs on a back background.

Skipping breakfast linked to lower GCSE grades

Published
Wednesday 20th November, 2019
Categories
Health

Students who rarely ate breakfast on school days achieved lower GCSE grades than those who ate breakfast frequently, according to a new study in Yorkshire.

Two teenage girls sit eating breakfast at school in Leeds, wearing smart black blazers with purple ties.

Greenhouse gas nitrous oxide is on the rise

Published
Monday 18th November, 2019
Categories
Environment
Science

During the last two decades agricultural practices and nitrogen-rich fertilisers have significantly increased the amount of nitrous oxide emissions in the atmosphere, according to a new study.

Picture of soybean fields

Can you tell ferntickles from branny-speckles?

Published
Friday 8th November, 2019
Categories
Society & Politics
Arts & Culture

A small army of volunteers is to be recruited to help update the most comprehensive survey of England’s dialects ever undertaken, thanks to an injection of funding.

Children playing wallops (nine-pins) in the street at Castle Bolton in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, 1964. A group of men can be seen sitting on a bench, watching men from the village playing quoits on the grass verge.