It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but perhaps not the most environmentally conscious time of the year. While it may sound Scrooge-like, Christmas can…
Author Laura Bandell
A new international study shows how Earth got its water These days, asteroids get a very bad press. As depicted in blockbuster movies, such as Don’t…
Findings from Operation Soteria Bluestone, a report launched in 2021 as a response to the government End-to-End Rape Review, have revealed several areas that urgently need…
Nasa’s JWST just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies secured by research from experts including Dr Joanna Barstow and…
Rivers as wide as 600 metres once lay across the surface of Mars – according to new research from Birkbeck, University of London; The Open University;…
The Winchcombe meteorite, a rare carbonaceous meteorite which crashed onto a driveway in Gloucestershire, has been found to contain extra-terrestrial water and organic compounds that reveal…
A major new public policy initiative, PolicyWISE, is being developed by The Open University (OU). PolicyWISE will be the UK’s first network of academics and civil…
We uncover the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world in a new programme, The Secret Genius of Modern Life, beginning this Thursday (10…
A team of experts developing UK’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (NZCBS) has launched a call for evidence to help inform the development of the Standard…
A brand-new collection of BBC ideas videos, featuring six co-produced by The Open University, have launched on BBC iPlayer. The new collection branded ‘Life’s Big Questions’,…