Manchester terror attack
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New study finds young Scots still have sweet tooth
But St Andrews researchers say increased physical activity is ‘encouraging’
Less than 50 per cent of UK adolescents eat fruit or veg daily
But the good news is young people are eating less sweets
Wilful blindness
They made us sing…’ by Owen Maseko © (image and painting) Britain was “wilfully blind” to atrocities committed by Robert Mugabe’s army in Zimbabwe in the early 1980s, according to St Andrews researcher Dr Hazel…
Seizing the political agenda
Dr Tim Wilson, Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, on the latest terrorist attack in Paris. Restaurants and theatres conspicuously deserted: ‘unspeakable panic’ on the…
North Korea – flashpoint state
Chris Ogden is Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Asian Security at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews. As the US President increases his rhetoric in an effort to actively counter the…
US missile strike
US missile strikes against the Syrian airbase surprised many, including the American State Department. After condemning the previous administration for meddling in conflicts where the US had no direct national…
Women in Science
To mark the UN’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked some of our leading female scientists what inspires them and what advice they would give to females and young girls looking to pursue a career…
Very Superstitious
To mark Friday the thirteenth, historian Dr Peter Maxwell-Stuart provides us with an insight into superstition and the history behind the phrase ‘unlucky for some’. Is it really rational behaviour or just a trick of…
Explaining Trump’s appeal
New book predicted the success of the new US President