The rise of horsepower 4,200 years ago
All domestic horses living on the planet today, whether racetrack champions, pony-club companions, or heavy draft giants, find their origins...
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New research from University of Exeter experts empowers schools to maximise impact of educational initiatives
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has updated its popular "A School's Guide to Implementation" with new research from experts at...
Scientists sound the alarm on pharmaceutical pollution crisis
Our increasing dependency on pharmaceuticals comes at a major environmental cost, researchers have warned. In an article published in the...
‘Lost’ Elizabethan manor house rediscovered in Devon
A long-lost Elizabethan manor house that swapped hands between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War has...
Strengthen school budgets and change accountability systems to solve the “SEN crisis”, experts urge
Strengthening school budgets and a different kind of accountability system would be a more effective way of solving serious SEN...
Immersive app provides trio of first-person perspectives of historic Venice
Historic tales of vice, migration and multiculturalism, and ritualistic fighting on the bridges have been brought to life in an...
Rainforest wildlife under threat as new research shows below-canopy temperatures are rising
Crucial strongholds for biodiversity are under threat as new research shows that temperatures are rising in tropical forests, the world’s...
Stem cells shed new light on how the human embryo forms
A new study using stem cell-based models has shed new light on how the human embryo begins to develop, which...
Research backs beavers in fight against flooding and droughts
Research led by the University of Exeter and Devon Wildlife Trust based on a ten-year study of wild-living beavers in...