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BBC Audio | CrowdScience | Do multiple choice questions make us biased?
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (294+ words) CrowdScience listener Griffith in Ghana, isn't JUST a CrowdScience listener. He's also a listener to our sister show on the World Service, Unexpected Elements. But he's noticed something funny. In the weekly Unexpected Elements multiple-choice quiz, the answer is almost…...
China takes centre stage at Kew Gardens 30th orchid festival
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (661+ words) Inspired by China's sweeping landscapes and rich traditions, Kew Gardens' annual orchid festival has made a return on its 30th anniversary. Sol'ne Dequiret, who oversees Kew's Princess of Wales Conservatory, said the event celebrated Chinese tradition "with plants and people at…...
Brittany Ferries says Guernsey bookings up 33% year-on-year
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (299+ words) Bookings for ferry services to and from Guernsey are up by a third year-on-year, figures have shown. Brittany Ferries said as of late January, a total of 60,880 passengers had made a reservation for one of its sailings between the UK…...
How were 500 patients evacuated from Southampton General Hospital?
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (948+ words) Most office workers and schoolchildren are familiar with fire drills. An alarm sounds and people head to the nearest fire escape before assembling at a designated point outside the building. But how much harder is that process when it includes…...
Veg box firm Riverford marks 40 years of organic growing in Devon
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (883+ words) From a wheelbarrow and a borrowed tractor to a national veg box empire - Riverford founder Guy Singh Watson looks back at 40 years that changed British organic farming. "I couldn't sit in an office anymore" it was driving me up the…...
Boy, 17, was shot in the back but killer remains free
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (411+ words) The killer of a 17-year-old boy who was shot in the back and left to die on a Liverpool street remains at large 11 years later. Kevin Wilson, originally from Glasgow but who had recently moved to Merseyside, was struck by…...
O feddwl bod ei rhieni'n cynllwynio i'w lladd i fod yn nyrs iechyd meddwl - graddedig
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (1349+ words) Mae Ayla Jones nawr eisiau defnyddio ei phrofiad i helpu eraill Pan oedd Ayla Jones yn 15 oed roedd hi'n credu bod rhywun yn drilio trwy'r waliau yn y nos er mwyn dod a'i llofruddio. Dyma'r fersiwn o realiti yr oedd…...
University of Nottingham staff fear pay loss in allowance change
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (552+ words) Staff at the University of Nottingham have raised concerns they will lose hundreds of pounds every month in a change to an unsocial hours allowance. Some employees in the operations and facilities department received a fixed monthly amount for working…...
'It's OK to lose a bra to save a life' when using defibrillator
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (466+ words) CPR lessons on female mannequins are being used to dispel myths and taboos about giving women life-saving treatment. In the past, flat-chested mannequins were typically used in training, but Beccles Women's Institute and East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) ran sessions…...
Mandelson suggested holiday home for 'privacy' of Epstein 'guests'
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (455+ words) Lord Mandelson appears to have recommended a holiday home to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein with "privacy" to host his "guests", documents released by the US Department of Justice suggest. In an email to Epstein in 2010, he says he "found…...