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…
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,…
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…
Jim Al-Khalili opens Graduate School
Professor Jim Al-Khalili, theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster, has officially opened the University of Portsmouth’s Graduate School, set to boost the careers of post graduate students. The Graduate School will help develop researchers…
Early readers should be taught meaning first
Children would find it much easier to learn to read and write if they were first taught how the English language works and what words mean, rather than trying to sound out words….
Turkey fat is money down the drain
Britons will pour 15 million cups of roast turkey fat down the kitchen sink on Christmas Day, enough to nearly fill an Olympic swimming pool. New research from the University of Portsmouth has…
Shared parenting under spotlight
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth Business School have won funding to examine shared parenting and contact orders for children whose parents separate. The research comes in the wake of fathers’ rights groups…
Grant win for cutting edge astronomers
The Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) has been awarded its first “Consolidated Grant” from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The grant, which covers the full range of research undertaken at…
Babies’ heart defects could have origin in early pregnancy
Findings just published in the journal PLOS ONE are the first to show how cells at very early stages of development migrate and give rise to the different parts of the heart. The…
Interactive map shows where Blitz bombs hit
A new interactive map of London showing where German bombs landed over the course of eight months during World War II gives new meaning to the word Blitz. The entire greater city from…
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
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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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