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A bug's life was one previously thought to be blighted by poor eyesight - not so say university boffins. But a new study has found insects can see the world in much finer resolution than previously believed. Scientists had long thought insects could not see images in high resolution because of their compound eyes - which together capture thousands of pixelated images of the surrounding world. However, researchers from Sheffield University's Department of Biomedical Science together with scientists in Beijing,...

A FOI request has uncovered a huge waste of public money by central government. The Huffington Post reported that Tory Minsters have spent £400k on chauffeurs just to bring their red boxes to and from work These vehicles carry no passengers just the red box that contains the ministers’ workload. Ex-PM vowed to clamp down on this exact waste of resources, but it clear not much, if anything, has been done about it. It is another example of Government waste,...

There has been concern over a number of years over the amount of pesticides and other toxins used in our fruit and veg production. Now an official investigation has found that 84 per cent of fruit and veg given out to school kids have tested positive for toxic chemicals. The tests found traces of pesticide in apples, bananas, carrots, pears, satsumas, tomatoes and raisins destined for four to six-year-olds. Two million kids get free fruit every year as part of...

It doesn’t seem five minutes since the weather reporters were getting almost excited at the prospect of warmer weather arriving to the UK for the summer; the smell of freshly cut grass, along with the busy humming of many a pollinating insect filling the air. Now, as we enter the ninth month of the calendar year, the temperature will soon plummet and the nights will begin to draw in. This is not a time to be down, quite the opposite....

Film studies, media studies and drama have been ranked among the most "pointless degrees" according to new research. The study found acting was the top waste of time, followed by outdoor adventure and environment and office skills. One in four graduates now regret having gone to university, the research shows. The most common reasons to rue time spent in further education are paying too much for their degree, wasting their time and making bad choices such as not choosing subject...

Women were the key to spreading culture and knowledge around Europe 4,000 years ago, according to new research. The study revealed European women traveled far and wide from their home villages to start families - bringing with them new cultural objects and ideas, while men tended to stay near where they were born. Researchers found that at the end of the Stone Age and in the early Bronze Age, families were established in a surprising manner in the Lechtal area,...

Four out of five marine species living in the oceans around Antarctica are expected to decline in number as the seafloor warms over the next century. A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) team examined the potential distribution of more than 900 species of Southern Ocean shelf-dwelling marine invertebrates under a warming scenario produced by computer models. The researchers concluded that, while some species in some areas will benefit, four out of five of the species native to the region (79 per...

BBC Panorama reveals how a detainee was choked by a member of staff at a G4S run Immigration Removal Centre Tonight BBC Panorama reveals footage of a detainee being choked by a member of staff at a G4S run Immigration Removal Centre. The incident is part of a culture of abuse captured by undercover filming, along with widespread self-harm, and attempted suicides by detainees. The undercover filming was carried out by a member of staff, a detainee custody officer whose...

These pictures show the inside of a top secret nuclear bunker that has remained hidden - for more than 40 years. The site, built during the height of the Cold War, has been buried beneath a Grade II-listed building since it was built in the mid 1970s. These pictures show the inside of a top secret nuclear bunker that has remained hidden - for more than 40 years. But it has now opened its doors to the public for the...