"Betelgeuse" is an 800-year-old typo of an Arabic name. So how did so many famous star names in our night sky come from Arabic?

"Betelgeuse" is an 800-year-old typo of an Arabic name. So how did so many famous star names in our night sky come from Arabic?

Emergency services said a man was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon.

Emergency services said a man was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon.

Prof Wyn Evans, who raised concerns over treatment of female staff at Institute of Astronomy, was subject to ‘baseless’ investigation, judge rules

'Let the Palestinian people live,' Hossam Hassan told reporters, adding that people who have no empathy for Palestinian civilians 'have lost part of their humanity.' Hassan waved the Palestinian flag ...

CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

UKRI’s new funding framework takes a stab at classifying budgets – but doesn’t yet govern research

The following guest post by George Efstathiou is a response to the current STFC funding crisis I blogged about here, and specifically to a letter by the Executive Chair of STFC, Professor Michele Dougherty. I include the letter here for completeness: George's post continues: --o-- I am glad that Michele Dougherty has finally communicated the position of STFC to the community.