According to research carried out by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, half of Western European men are descended from one Bronze Age ‘king’. (The unamed monarch, who lived around 4,000 years ago, sired a dynasty of elite nobles which spread throughout Europe. Previous genetic research has found that 16 million men across the world could […]

The European Space Agency has announced a New Year resolution.  It plans to build a ‘moon village’ within the next two decades from which it will explore the galaxy. (They plan to build a 3D-printed base on the moon from a naturally-occurring radiation-resistant moon material called regolith. The ‘village’ would most likely be built on the rim […]

Today is the European Day of Languages. European funding provides 50 million Euros per year to support language activities and projects. English is by far the most-used language in the EU institutionally, also in print and online. But I don't get a cent. Humph.

The Welsh language was heard, and interpreted, at the European Union for the first time this week. Welsh Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones, represented Britain at a meeting of European culture ministers and introduced them to the wonderful world of Welsh. (Welsh is spoken by approximately 600,000 people worldwide.)