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'At least 70 per cent of colorectal cancers are preventable by changes in dietary and lifestyle habits.' Image (c) melati 411, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 06 June 2017 - 01:07

Your poo can warn you about cancer

Paying attention to your bathroom habits could save you from a life-threatening form of cancer. Nicole Phoebe Tanner, who won the FameLab Hong Kong final, explains.

Tags: Scientific research

'You can tweak your natural body clock through exposure to sunlight.' Photo (c) lensnmatter, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 07 June 2016 - 16:01

Can sunshine help you sleep better and wake up earlier?

Do you find it hard to wake up in the mornings? Chloe Fung Choi Yi explains why getting more sunshine may help.

We cannot avoid ageing, but we can slow down the process. Photo by Vinoth Chandar under CC-BY-2.0, adapted from the original on Flickr.

Date: 24 April 2015 - 18:06

How can we slow the ageing process?

Ageing is inevitable. Or is it? Law Wing Sze, a third-year medical student and the grand winner of the FameLab Hong Kong final, explains the latest research into why we grow old.

'All you have to do, to understand any language in the universe, is put a small, yellow, leech-like fish in your ear, and you will instantly hear the translation of the speaker in your head.' Francisco Gonzalez, licensed under CC BY-NC SA 2.0, adapted from the original.

Date: 12 February 2015 - 05:17

Skype's real-time translator – the end of language learning?

Will emerging technology make language learning and teaching a thing of the past? Neil Ballantyne, the British Council's mobile learning manager, investigates.

Tags: English language, Teaching

'I don’t want to think about it as a human being, but think about it as if I were a chimpanzee.' Photo (c) Robert Moran, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 20 November 2014 - 05:02

Dr Jane Goodall on animal welfare

World-renowned environmental conservationist Dr Jane Goodall shares her views on the future of our planet and how we should think about animals.

Tags: Science

'Independent schools in the UK are recognised by the OECD as being among the best in the world.' Photo (c) Steve Cadman, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 09 October 2014 - 15:11

Why should international students choose UK schools?

Matthew Burgesslooks at what independent UK schools can offer these pupils and provides some tips to help parents choose the right school for their children.

Tags: Schools, Study in the UK

'A Twitter survey to find the top ten social innovations of all time includes such transformative innovations as hand soap'. Photo by Amélien Bayle on Flickr under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 04 September 2014 - 14:48

Is social enterprise among the top social innovations?

How is social enterprise helping us meet some of the challenges we face in society today?

'I now carry a small notebook wherever I go in case I suddenly get inspired to write a short poem or an interesting observation.' Photo by Javier M. on Flickr under Creative Commons licence.

Date: 03 September 2014 - 15:39

How a creative writing course gave me the freedom to write

What does it take to switch off the phone and get writing?

Tags: Universities and higher education

Scientists have found that smiling creates a happiness feedback loop in our brains (image courtesy Mat Wright)

Date: 02 April 2014 - 16:23

What's the science behind a smile?

Ding Li, he winner of FameLab in Hong Kong, explains her winning presentation on the science of smiling.

Aspirational jump in front of the University of Nottingham in Malaysia. Photo (c) University of Nottingham, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 03 September 2013 - 11:42

Effects of host country policy on transnational education

With more and more international students taking courses at overseas branches of UK universities, what role does the host countries’ policy environment play?

Tags: Universities and higher education

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