Dogs may understand human point of view
Domestic dogs are much more likely to steal food when they think nobody can see them, suggesting for the first time they are capable of understanding a human’s point of view. Many dog…
Is the UK under threat from tsunami?
A leading expert in natural disaster from Oxford University is visiting Portsmouth to speak about the risk of the UK being hit by tsunami. Professor David Smith will be talking at the University…
Black humour bonds police and ambulance crews
Black humour, drawn from shared experiences, helps ‘glue’ ambulance crews and police officers together, with firefighters likely to be on the receiving end of the jokes, according to new research. Dr Sarah Charman,…
Rising star shortlisted for award
A final-year student at the University of Portsmouth’s Business School has been shortlisted in the National Placement and Internship Awards 2013. Kristina Angelova, who is studying BA (Hons) Business Studies, was nominated by…
Why do healthy swimmers die?
Deaths of seemingly healthy athletes during competitive open water swimming could be explained by research. Scientists at the University of Portsmouth are looking into why more athletes die during the swim compared to…
Making use of lessons from Chernobyl
An international expert on nuclear disasters and the environment will be speaking at a free event at the University of Portsmouth on Wednesday 6 February. Professor Jim Smith, Professor in Environmental Physics at…
Undergraduate applications up by 6%
The University of Portsmouth has seen a six per cent rise in applications for undergraduate courses starting this autumn, compared to last year. The rise is more than double the 2.8 per cent…
Law students advise local residents
Law students from the University of Portsmouth are offering free-of-charge legal advice to local residents. The students, from the School of Law, have set up two advice clinics, one focusing on debt and…
Music festival manager ‘one of the lucky few’
One of the lucky few who have managed to build a career out of their passion for music, John Giddings, is Portsmouth Business School’s guest speaker at its open evening on February 12….
Computing student wins ‘Stem-inism’ place
A computing student at the University of Portsmouth has won a place at the prestigious Women in Technology event run for women studying traditionally male-dominated subjects. Hafsa Bibi, in her second year of…
February 11, 2013
John Olson — How about this: we had an Irish Setter (an extraordinarily large one, weighing about 125 pounds); we baked some chocolate...
February 11, 2013
Shirani AMIR — Hi,I would like to go to the gym for exercise squash but Im not student and I am living in...
February 11, 2013
Aidan Karley — Good to see attention being said to this, as a good example of small (but NOT zero) hazard risks.
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