Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the ‘QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification’ project, which has received funding from the European ...

Urgent repairs are set to be made to Royal Deeside's largest pyramid cairn due to the ground surrounding the structure 'eroding'. The estate warned that the ground around the cairn had become badly ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t be said when we’re asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it’s 144).

I recently read a book to my 4½-year-old daughter that I immediately took out of her room and decided never to read again. That children’s book reminded me of an assignment I once had at the ...

The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the ...

After a rough loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the Minnesota Vikings were looking for their first home win of the J.J. McCarthy era and a chance to get back to .500. Despite a sturdy performance from the ...