Tag: life & news
How Swedish children learn English through gaming
By Pia Sundqvist, Karlstads University and Liss Kerstin Sylvén, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
An hour of homework or an hour of World of Warcraft? It’s...
Windows 9, iOS8 – the balance between bugs and upgrades
By David Tuffley, Griffith University
In the tech world there is a dynamic tension between needing to get products to market before the competition and...
China’s fight to feed itself is hindered by anti-GM paranoia
By Cong Cao, University of Nottingham
One of China’s major genetically modified food projects is now to all intents and purposes dead and buried. The...
In the web’s hidden darknet, criminal enterprise is thriving
By Daniel Prince, Lancaster University
Criminals have always done their best to use new technology to their advantage and the rapid development of new digital...
Move over poker – Millionaire’s Chess offers high stakes in Vegas
By John Sharples, Lancaster University
This October, the Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas is hosting a chess tournament with the largest prize fund in...
Just how little do we know about the ocean floor?
By Jon Copley, University of Southampton
As ships resume the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the depths of the Indian Ocean this...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
