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British Science Festival: Sci-fi influences on evolutionary linguistics

Beyond depictions of the future, science fiction can help us understand linguistics of the present and the past. Fred McNamara tell us more from the British Science Festival.
British Science Festival: Modern slavery in the UK

It’s estimated that there are 13,000 people in modern slavery conditions in the UK, but this is thought to be just the tip of the iceberg. But what can you do to spot it? Grace Marner investigates from this year's British Science Festival.
British Science Festival: A dark and invisible world

Physicists have been been guided on a journey of discovery by the Standard Model of Physics since 1970. This model aims to explain the interactions of core constituents of matter, as governed by four fundamental particles. However, this is a complex aim. Alicia Shephard explains why.
British Science Festival: Male suicide: a silent crisis

Three quarters of people in the UK that take their own lives are male. It’s the biggest killer of men under the age of 55. What can be done to tackle this silent epidemic? Grace Marner reports from British Science Festival 2018.