A New Study Says Offline Bullying Is Still A Much Bigger Problem Than Cyberbullying
Despite the hype, children are much more likely to be bullied offline than on, and it's very rare for cyberbullying to happen on its own, according to a new report.
Theresa May Is Under Increasing Pressure To Keep Britain In The European Nuclear Regulator
Figures from across the political spectrum have criticised the decision to leave Euratom, with the former Vote Leave campaign director calling it "unacceptable bullshit".
These Scientists Say Brexit Is A "Mess" For British Nuclear Research And Industry
The decision to leave Euratom, the body that oversees European nuclear safety, will have profound impacts – and may not have been necessary, according to nuclear scientists.
Google's DeepMind Company Didn't Break The Law Over NHS Data, Report Finds
DeepMind Health, a Google subsidiary that applies AI techniques to patient data, complied with the law in a recent project with the Royal Free hospital – although the Royal Free did not, and DeepMind was criticised for not being sufficiently proactive in reminding the hospital of its obligations.
A Prehistoric Square-Shaped Monument Has Been Discovered Beneath A Stone Circle In England
A new study of a 4,500-year-old stone circle has found the remains of even older constructions, shedding new light on the ancient site.
Fake News Will Go Viral Even If People Don't Mean To Share It, Says This Study
We simply don't have time to distinguish between the good stuff and the bad, according to a new model of how we share things online. (Update: This study has been retracted.)
This Multimillion-Pound Charity Is Offering To Pay For Autistic Children To Have Pseudoscientific Treatments
Caudwell Children, which was set up by the billionaire Phones4U founder John Caudwell, is offering to pay for children to attend clinics offering pseudoscientific treatments and which appear to endorse unfounded links between vaccines and autism.
No, Taking Paracetamol While You're Pregnant Won't Make Your Son "Less Manly"
Articles in the Sun, Mail and Evening Standard newspapers claimed that "taking paracetamol when pregnant ‘makes boys less manly, less aggressive and lowers their sex drive'". But it's not true.
This Is Why The Tube Gets So Goddamn Hot And What They're Trying To Do About It
TL;DR: It was designed 150 years ago for steam trains.
This Is How Cats Conquered The World
New research studied the DNA of ancient cats – including mummified ones from Egyptian tombs – and showed how they followed humans around the world.
Pray One Day You Enjoy Something As Much As George Osborne Enjoyed This Election
"BREAKING: George Osborne elected MP for Schadenfreude Central."
Here's What Happened The Last Time Britain Had A Minority Government
It's 1974 all over again!
It Turns Out Modern Humans Are Probably Much, Much Older Than We Thought
New discoveries at a site in Morocco suggest that Homo sapiens was around 100,000 years earlier than previously shown.
Some Scientists Have Weighed A Star Using Gravity, Light, And Einstein's Equations
It's a powerful confirmation not only of Einstein's theories, but also of our understanding of how stars form, evolve, and die.
Scientists Have Seen Two More Black Holes Colliding, So Einstein's Still Right About The Universe
A third confirmed detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes has provided a new and extreme test of Einstein's general relativity theory. Which it's passed, again.
We Asked Scientists About UKIP's "Ban The Burqa Because Of Vitamin D" Policy And They Were Not Impressed
The UKIP manifesto says the burqa should be banned because it "prevents intake of essential vitamin D from sunlight".
Here's Why The "Plain" Cigarette Packet Laws Will Almost Certainly Save Lives
From this weekend it will be illegal to sell tobacco in branded packets in the UK. Scientists told BuzzFeed News what this might achieve.
A Charity Could Face Investigation Over Its Adverts That Claim Wi-Fi And Mobile Phones Make People Ill
Electrosensitivity UK says that "more and more research" shows health risks of electromagnetic radiation from phones and Wi-Fi, but scientists and health bodies say otherwise.
9 More Deeply Dubious Graphs On 2017 Election Leaflets
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the data.
Here's Why Scientists Can’t Speak Freely During An Election, And Why It Matters
"There’s important stuff being done by UK researchers, and to stop them talking – in apolitical, non politically relevant ways – about the science they worked on, that’s ridiculous."