June is Pride Month – a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and honour the legacy of activists and movements that have fought for equal rights. Although LGBTQ+ history is long and complex, comprised of distinct…
Eye care is a dimension of health that is sometimes overlooked, particularly in low-resource communities where other overwhelming social or health challenges hinder patients from seeking care until it is too late. As…
Drawing on interdisciplinary methods and techniques, Maria Koulouri in the Department of Social Anthropology has developed the first digital record of the Mangas Khipu Board, helping further decipher the context and…
The School of Modern Languages hosted a conference on Menstruation and Sustainability at the end of May 2023. Artist Jay Critchley gave a public keynote presentation and performed as Miss Tampon Liberty in a costume…
Is it the size of our brains? Is it what we can do? Or how we think? Is it what we believe? Is it that we’re the only species that has flown a rocket to the Moon? We have a sense that we are unique. We think we are…
Scientists from St Andrews and Cardiff Universities, along with international colleagues, have discovered the source of warm super salty water that rushed up the Atlantic 15,000 years ago, ushering in the end of the…
It’s no surprise to anyone that engaging in regular physical activity is good for us… Physically, it helps to keep us healthy; mentally, it can help with symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress. We also know that…
Some prehistoric mammals were born ready-to-go and grew up twice as fast as today’s mammals, giving them an edge after the dinosaur extinction, a study suggests. Research indicates that their long pregnancies explain…
A new study involving scientists from the University of St Andrews reveals that the mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya has been significantly underestimated due to the inability of…
Sabine Hyland’s research on khipus and endangered archives in the Andes has had varied and profound impacts on the promotion and preservation of Andean intellectual achievements.