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Why can't penguins fly?
The birds might have evolved to dive to such depths in the sea that they lost the ability to soar to great heights in the sky.

NUS survey reveals students who suffer in silence
A report shows that many students don't get the help they need for stress, anxiety and other mental health problems.

Can electricity improve your maths?
People who had their brains stimulated by small charges of electricity performed better in maths tests.

Is university good value for money?
A new survey examines whether students think their courses are worth the price.

Should we be eating more insects?
A United Nations report says that eating more insects would help to prevent hunger and save the environment.

Do you speak with two different accents?
Young people find it easier to change their accent depending on who they are with.

Do you have lucky exam pants?
A survey shows that a third of students wear lucky pants to do their exams - but almost half say they don't do enough revision.

Should dogs have their own computers?
Man’s best friend could soon be even better with devices to help their owners around the home.

Universities stop advertising unpaid internships
Some of the UK's top universities will no longer promote unpaid internships to their students.

Do some of our words come from the Ice Age?
Linguists believe that many of the world’s languages might have developed from one spoken 15,000 years ago.