BBC Parliament featured a speech by Yuan Yang MP, Labour MP for Woodley and Earley, who said University students and employees will benefit from increased minimum wage and employment rights. People ...

Warzones, microplastics and light pollution pose serious new risks to bees and other pollinators over the next decade, according to a landmark report on today’s World Bee Day. The report from Bee:wild ...

Stark temperature shifts from the oceans to the atmosphere have been revealed using the colours of the climate stripes. The new visualisations reveal consistent warming patterns in both the upper ...

Planting wildflowers in apple orchards could save farmers up to £3,000 per hectare a year, according to a new study. Flower strips create a home for a team of helpful insects – like ladybirds, ...

Pope Francis has died aged 88, The Vatican has announced. Professor Rebecca Rist, expert on the Papacy, comments below on Pope Francis’s legacy and what comes next following the Pope’s death. Read ...

This guidance aims to provide clarity on the University's expectations for staff when using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in day-to-day general working practice. It is in addition to the ...

The UK government should extend its sugar tax beyond soft drinks to cover all types of foods, according to a major new report published today (Monday, 17 March). The Transforming UK Food Systems ...

A cargo vessel has collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea. Dr Alex Lukyanov, from the University of Reading’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is a researcher who is developing advanced ...

Elephants, giraffes, pythons and other large species have higher cancer rates than smaller ones like mice, bats, and frogs, a new study has shown, overturning a 45-year-old belief about cancer in the ...

Eating walnuts for breakfast could improve brain function throughout the day for young adults, a new study has shown. Researchers at the University of Reading found that eating 50g of walnuts (a ...

Improving scientists' ability to assess the risk and consequences of crossing tipping points in the North Atlantic and Greenland is the goal of a major new research project led by the National Centre ...

Ocean temperatures were rising at about 0.06 degrees Celsius per decade in the late 1980s, but are now increasing at 0.27 degrees Celsius per decade. Published today (Tuesday, 28 January 2025) in ...