16 h. ago Boys jumped 'massively' ahead of girls in maths and science during the pandemic, research reveals

While previously the two sexes were previously neck-and-neck in the subjects, a report from University College London (UCL) found that boys have now taken a large lead.

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40 h. ago Boys in England significantly outperforming girls in maths for first time in decades

Girls’ lack of confidence studying maths and science could be impacting their results, academics warn

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1 week ago ‘The boy jumped at just the right moment’: Pradiptamoy Paul’s best phone picture

The India-based street and documentary photographer captures a group of children in a moment of joyUniversity student Pradiptamoy Paul currently lives in Siliguri, West Bengal, but he still regularly visits his home town of Mathabhanga, a few hours’ drive away. On the day he took this photograph, back in 2023, he had done some work in the morning and was taking a walk by the Mansai riverside, hoping to capture something special.“It’s a residential area and there are no industrial sites nearby, so the water here is clean,” Paul says. “In this photo there is so much going on and so many characters. The boy at the front was taking a rest, someone else was splashing in the water, another boy was jumping from the concrete. And the boy jumping from the top corner happened spontaneously, at just the right moment! It’s impossible to say who the actual hero of this photograph is. They’re children immersed in a&nb...

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1 week ago ‘I am changed in every cell of my body’: what surgeon Gabriel Weston learned when she faced serious illness at home

First the doctor was diagnosed with a heart disorder, and then her son became dangerously unwell How did it feel to be on the other side of the operating table?Nothing thrills me more than the human body. But, until my mid-20s, it didn’t cross my mind that someone like me could become a doctor. There were no medics in my family. I was slow at maths and science, and gave them up before the age of 16. After school, I decided on an English degree, because it was what I found easiest.Then, in my final year, something important happened. A few of us were hanging out at a friend’s house one evening when his dad, a surgeon from London, arrived to stay for the weekend. Over dinner, we all sat enthralled as he told us stories of his hospital life. He fetched a surgical textbook from his bag, full of photos of some of his favourite operations, and I remember sitting at the kitchen table late into the night, poring over these luminous images, skin peeled back to reveal muscle and bone, tumours...

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1 week ago Revealed: Wuhan bat lab linked to Covid pandemic carrying out 'ominous' new virus experiments... as a new coronavirus emerges

Earlier this month the now famous Wuhan Institute of Virology said they had found a new virus in bats with striking similarities to Covid that could have the potential to infect humans.

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1 week ago Former I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! star opens up about being sexually abused by scout group leaders when he was younger

The former Eleven O' Clock show host, 51, told how as a nine-year-old boy he was ordered to strip naked and 'jump up and down' while having tennis balls thrown at him.

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2 w. ago New bats' coronavirus found in China uses the same human receptor as Covid

Chinese team has found a new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission a month after the UK revealed it is set to launch a national pandemic “wargames" in a bid to prepare for any future end-of-the-world virus

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