Tag: lifeandnews
US ups pressure on allies as strategy for fighting Islamic State...
By Christian Emery, Plymouth University
Less than a month since Barack Obama went to the American public with his strategy for defeating the Islamic State...
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
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
