A Medieval King As You've Never Seen Him Before

The inner workings of Henry III’s mind are laid bare in a unique collection of letters that have survived from the 13th century. David Carpenter, who has written a major new biography on Henry, presents seven insights that these documents give us into the king

Troubled Waters

Okavango Delta, Botswana

First Studies From The Largest-Ever Human Genome Database Released

The Genome Aggregation Database has collected 15,708 genomes and 125,748 exomes (the protein-coding part of the genome) to help shed light on how genetic mutations can lead to disease

What Pop Psychology Gets Wrong

Power corrupts, crowds are violent, and depression is just a chemical imbalance. Or are they? Classic psychology theories often have a nice ring to them, creating a mythology that persists throughout the media, cinema, and literature. But new research is revealing that the human mind isn’t as simple as we’d like to think

The Explainer - What Is Climate Change?

What Is Climate Change?

Out In The Cold

It walked alongside mammoths and mastodons during the last Ice Age and can weather savage blizzards and bone-chilling temperatures on a landscape locked in snow. Meet Earth’s ultimate winter warrior: The Musk OX

Doing It For The Thrill

We say that our feelings can be like a rollercoaster – and, as it turns out, the psychology of our emotions has influenced rollercoaster design from the beginning. Thrill engineer Prof Brendan Walker spoke to Amy Barrett about fairground rides, adrenaline and adventure, and why we seek out the seemingly scary

GREEN PAPERS

THE ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW

How To Grow Indoor Plants

Stuck at home and cultivating a houseplant habIt? botanist Alastair Culham explains how to keep them happy, healthy, and alive…

Hubble's Hidden Gems

In the 30 years since Hubble’s launch, this iconic space telescope has been revealing the wonders of the universe while building up a library of some of the most shining sights in the cosmos

The Mystery Of You

To discover what makes us self-aware,researchers from around the world are going head-to-head in a grand competition to determine where consciousness really comes from…

Want To Know How England Defeated The Spanish Armada? Then Forget Everything You Learned At School

From Elizabeth I’s rousing speech at tilbury to that famous game of bowls, much of what we think we know about the events of 1588 is the product of four centuries of spin, argues lucy worsley

A Learning Curve

There’s nothing like a nationwide school closure to help you recognise the valuable work that teachers do, every single day

Christian Frederick Cole England's First Black Barrister

Born in rural Sierra Leone in 1852, cole fought his way to oxford university and qualified as England’s first black barrister. Pamela Roberts applauds a singular character who took on some of the west’s most entrenched institutions – and won

World's Largest Cave-Dwelling Fish Discovered In India

The white, eyeless fish was found deep inside a network of limestone caves by subterranean explorers in meghalaya, northeast india, in january this year. At 40cm long, it’s the largest cave-dwelling fish ever discovered...

Scientists Identify 71 New Species

In 2019, the California Academy of sciences, the us equivalent of London’s natural history museum, described a multitude of new species, spanning five continents and three oceans. Here are some of the most intriguing specimens they added to the tree of life.

CHASING COMETS

THESE ENIGMATIC, ICY TRAVELLERS MAY HOLD THE SECRET TO LIFE ON EARTH. THAT’S WHY SCIENTISTS ARE DESIGNING A MISSION THAT WILL PAY A VISIT TO A COMET TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK…

How Dark Were The Dark Ages?

Many scholars reject the term ‘dark ages’ – but it could still be the best fit for an era shrouded in obscurity

“Houston, We've Had A Problem”

Fifty years ago, an exploding oxygen tank pitched apollo 13 – nasa’s third planned lunar landing – into a scramble for survival. Thomas ellis charts the frantic efforts to bring the crew home as the world looked on

World's Largest Cave-Dwelling Fish Discovered In India

The white, eyeless fish was found deep inside a network of limestone caves by subterranean explorers in Meghalaya, Northeast India, in January this year. At 40cm long, it’s the largest cave-dwelling fish ever discovered...

Scientists Identify 71 New Species

in 2019, the California academy of sciences, the us equivalent of London’s natural history museum, described a multitude of new species, spanning five continents and three oceans. here are some of the most intriguing specimens they added to the tree of life.

The Mystery Of You

To discover what makes us self-aware, researchers from around the world are going head-to-head in a grand competition to determine where consciousness really comes from…

Want To Know How England Defeated The Spanish Armada? Then Forget Everything You Learned At School

From Elizabeth I’s rousing speech at tilbury to that famous game of bowls, much of what we think we know about the events of 1588 is the product of four centuries of spin, argues Lucy Worsley

What If...(We Mined The Moon?)

The moon is abundant in natural resources. But what would happen if we went there and extracted them?

Australian International School

We’ve been living in Singapore for six years and our daughters Zara and Phoebe are currently attending AIS. Xavier completed the IBDP last year and is due to start at Imperial College, London, while Stirling completed Years 4 to 8 and is now attending boarding school in Melbourne.

Small Scientists

Science skills are mastered not just in the classroom but also on the beach for students at this preschool!

How We Can Save The Oceans And How They Can Save Us

Seven-tenths of the world is covered by the oceans. They put food on our plates, provide up to 85 per cent of the oxygen we breathe and regulate the climate. But human activity is putting that at risk. On 25 September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented a report on the oceans that made dire reading. It said that even if greenhouse gas emissions declined sharply and global warming was limited to less than 2°C, sea levels could still rise by 30 to 60cm by 2100. Plus, we’re emptying the oceans of animals, having passed the point of ‘peak fish’ in 1992 when total global catch began a relentless decline. A third of marine mammals are at risk of extinction. Our carbon emissions have made the oceans 300 per cent more acidic since pre-industrial times, threatening aquatic life in many ways. But many people are working to turn things round. “There are lots of solutions out there,” says conservation scientist Dr Heather Koldewey, from the Zoological Society of London. “It is quite extraordinary, the power of good in the world.”

“The Elites Thought They Could Ride Hitler Like A Horse. But They Soon Discovered That They Were The Horse And That Hitler Was The Horseman”

Stephan Malinowski tells Rob Attar how a cocktail of naked opportunism and misplaced arrogance among Germany’s most powerful men facilitated the rise of the Third Reich.

Migratory Birds Can Benefit From Merging Coffee Plantations With Colombian Forests

Rather than clearing Colombian forests to make way for coffee plantations, merging the two could benefit migratory birds.

The Sharpest Tools

Tool use is not restricted to humans and is found throughout nature. Here are some of earth’s most innovative animals