Science and Technology
SWANSEA: Two-thirds of your train journey to London has worse internet than the moon — where to sit to fix it
The London–Swansea line ranks 18th of 24 UK routes for mobile connectivity, with a usable signal for just 35% of…
SWANSEA: MP calls cross-party community meeting to tackle ‘division’ in politics
Swansea West MP Torsten Bell has invited residents, trade unions, charities and politicians from other parties to a 'Bringing Swansea…
SWANSEA: University researchers grab five of just 30 places on Wales’ future research leaders programme
Five Swansea University researchers — working on everything from unpaid carers to trustworthy AI — have been picked for the…
SWANSEA: University team works to turn food waste into natural Vitamin C
Swansea University scientists are working with Tenby start-up BIOVIT on a project exploring whether food-processing waste could be turned into…
MANOSPHERE: Baglan’s former Miss Wales fronts hard-hitting S4C documentary built on Swansea University research
Sara Manchipp, the Baglan-born former Miss Wales, investigates the online "manosphere" and its grip on young men in a new…
MOBILE PHONES: Welsh Government to crack down on classroom phone use as 8 in 10 school staff back tougher rules
Mobile phones in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire classrooms face a fresh clampdown, after the Welsh Government confirmed new…
OPINION: ‘That is the line in the sand. The work now is on the lines that follow’ — Kirstie Logan-Townshend on the under-16s social media ban
Swansea-based communications consultant and former government AI adviser Kirstie Logan-Townshend welcomes the under-16s social media ban — and argues the…
SOCIAL MEDIA BANNED: Under-16s to be blocked from popular apps — here’s what it means for Welsh teens
Under-16s will be blocked from platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X by spring 2027. Here's what changes…
SWANSEA: University research helps power world-first hydrogen aero engine breakthrough
Scientists at Swansea University have played a key role in a global aviation milestone — a modern aero engine running…
NEATH: The TikTok ‘Diva Supreme’ nearing 150,000 followers — and using his fame to change minds about autism
A year after starting his account, Neath journalist Nicholas Fearn is on the brink of 150,000 TikTok followers — and…
SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘Swansea backs a ban’ says MP Torsten Bell as survey finds strong local support for child age limits
Swansea West MP Torsten Bell says he has found an "overwhelming consensus for action" on children and social media, after…