Fell running: the sport for those who are mad about the mountains!
The women fell-running champions
Adventure activities for children are great fun, but what are the risks?
School children get free adventure holidays
Troubled times for Wedgwood, one of England’s most famous names in fine porcelain
The Potteries: a great tradition in ceramics
How micro loans can transform the lives of the poor.
Micro savings: giving the poor an opportunity to survive the hard times through saving.
The Cinderella Analysis
Shoeprints and the case of the vampire
The undercover police officer who changed sides and went against the police.
The dangerous world of undercover police operations.
Standards of mathematical skills are declining in many European countries. It is a problem for individuals and society as a whole
How to get more people interested in mathematics
We need more emphasis on financial literacy in schools, say educationalists.
Young people’s debt problems are increasing
Mary Poppins: perfectly magical therapy!
P L Travers: author of the Mary Poppins books
The art of Jackson Pollock still causes controversy 60 years after the artist's death.
Artist Alan Davie, sometimes known as the British “Jackson Pollock”, is still going strong at 90.
Using the sea to solve the world’s fresh water problems
Using renewable energy to turn sea-water into drinking water
We must do more to protect biodiversity if we want to survive on the planet.
Alien invasions and the danger to biodiversity
The increasing popularity of functional food
Health benefits of drinking tea and coffee.
For many people in the restaurant business, getting a Michelin star is still a fundamental ambition.
The life of a Michelin restaurant inspector.
The search for eternal youth
Longevity: the genetic link
Tobacco power: the way the big tobacco companies influence global health policies
Smoking bans and freedom: how far should governments go to prohibit smoking?
King Arthur: fact and myth
The mystery of King Arthur's final resting place
The glory and decline of the Mayan civilization.
The Maya and astronomy
Why the British are so bad at foreign languages
The schoolboy who is a linguistic genius
Talking to people who speak other languages could become easier with NEC’s translating glasses!
The various uses of speech to speech translation
If you are looking for excitement, why not try jumping out of a plane?
A 90-year-old great-grandmother does a birthday skydive
In the country of the wind: the simple pleasures of kite flying.
Kite-powered ships!
The genius of Daniel Defoe and the creation of the first novel in English literature
The real Robinson Crusoe
Who wrote Shakespeare? The mystery continues.
A real tragedy could have given Shakespeare the idea for the death of Ophelia in his play “Hamlet”.
Building that winning mentality: the role of psychology in sport
When sports psychology gets spiritual.
Improving your brain power.
Brain training doesn’t increase your general brain power, a new study shows
The mysteries of migration and the Earth’s magnetic field
The Earth's magnetic field is getting weaker
The organizers of the International Year of Chemistry are hoping that they can give chemistry a better image.
Green chemistry
Just how easy is it to improve your position in society?
From rags to riches: the story of Andrew Carnegie
Parents have the responsibility to give their children the qualities they need to do well in today’s world
The changing structure of the family
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