Can you return gifts without a receipt or packaging? A legal expert explains
You’ve been given an ugly t-shirt and a book you’ve already read. But if you…
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How do I make clear ice at home? A food scientist shares easy tips
When you splurge on a cocktail in a bar, the drink often comes with a…
Keep the warmth, lose the risk: MHRA and National Fire Chiefs Council issue winter emollient safety warning
Millions of people use emollient creams to relieve dry or itchy skin during winter. While…
from hi-tech hacker spaces to crypto coworking
One of the first modern coworking spaces, C-Base in Berlin, was launched 30 years ago…
is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter
Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings…
Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers
People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or…
Flu cases fall as UKHSA urges festive precautions
This weekly bulletin brings together the latest surveillance data, along with the latest public health…
a scientist explains the chemistry of a Christmas pudding
Christmas means different things to different people. For me, it’s an opportunity to eat celebratory…
It’s hard to describe what it feels like to become a mum, but it has a name: matrescence
“Completely life-changing”. “Nothing could have fully prepared me”. These are the sorts of phrases you…
What was the ‘Christmas Star’? Astronomy might hold the answer
In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist,…