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Will the next pandemic be spotted in a hospital or under London’s streets?

Our sewer water could be the best early warning system against an outbreak, reports Chris Stokel-Walker

Evening Standard · Aug 13

The Bar-Headed Goose Flies Over the Himalayas at Altitude That Would Kill a Human in Minutes

The verified record no other bird matchesThe bar-headed goose holds the verified altitude record for a bird crossing a mountain range under its own power. Radar tracking published in Science in 2011 by researchers at Bangor University recorded individual geese flying at 6,400 metres above sea level during their Himalayan…

Times Life · Aug 5

The Animals With the Longest Lifespan on Earth and the Biology Behind Their Longevity

The Clam That Outlived EmpiresIn 2006, researchers at Bangor University pulled an ocean quahog clam, Arctica islandica, from the seabed off Iceland and counted its growth rings the way a forester reads a tree. The rings said 507 years. The clam, nicknamed Ming, had been alive when the Mughal Empire…

Times Life · Jul 31

Want to run a marathon? One UK university might have the answer

Exclusive: ‘A lot of degrees in the UK are criticised for being theoretical,’ says Professor Parkinson of Bangor University, who teaches students how to run 26.2 miles

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025

Lord Elis-Thomas obituary

Influential leader of Plaid Cymru who advanced the nationalist cause in Wales and helped establish the country’s parliament

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025

How we found a long-lost first world war vessel beneath Irish waters

HMS Stephen Furness was steaming through the northern Irish Sea on the afternoon of December 13 1917, en route to Liverpool for repairs. The crew maintained a cautious course, altering direction every ten minutes and travelling at a steady 13 knots – fully aware of the lurking threat from German…

The Conversation · Dec 3, 2024

How DNA analysis of our rivers and lakes can reveal new secrets about their biodiversity

Freshwater ecosystems are the lifeblood of the natural world, yet they are facing a silent crisis. A 2022 report by the World Wildlife Fund revealed a staggering 83% decline in global freshwater vertebrate populations since 1970, a rate far exceeding that of any other habitat.

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2024

Kafka 100: Stanley Kubrick’s films are littered with references to the writer’s work

I began teaching Stanley Kubrick in 2007 shortly after I moved to Bangor University. In 2012, I embarked on a research project exploring what I called Kubrick’s ethics, ethnicity and archives. It was during that research, which was published as Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual in 2018, that I…

The Conversation · May 31, 2024

"We're not responsible for telling you whether you can swim in the rivers or not" - shocking message from water company polluting a world-famous river

Water company on the defensive after discharging dangerous levels of waste into the Thames

Advnture · Apr 18, 2024

People who stuck by UK Covid rules have worst mental health, says survey

Trauma of pandemic having lasting impact on people’s mental health three years on, research reveals

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023