Reading in the news - Thu 20 Jul

Ancient hunters: A 300,000-year-old wooden stick is evidence that early humans were creating more sophisticated hunting tools than previously thought, a Reading team has found. Reports in the Daily Mirror (in print), Daily Mail, New Scientist, The Times (in print), Metro, The Independent, Belfast Telegraph, phys.org, Yahoo! News, EurekAlert!, Popular Science, MSN, The Press and Journal, Evening Standard, The Sunday Post, Express & Star, Irish Examiner, Tech Times, Science Daily, Compsmag, Devdiscourse and ANI news. Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) says the find shows a link to sophisticated woodworking skills that are still used today. Read our news story.  

Culture and heritage:

• Juliette Waterman (Archaeology) spoke to BBC Berkshire on archaeological developments at Pompeii and Cookham, highlighting the upcoming open days at Cookham.  
• The Reading Chronicle, Local Berkshire, DailyAdvent.com report how Reading’s Armoured Heart sculpture got an international audience recently as Commonwealth nations head to Reading for a youth conference.
• We Love Stornoway report on a sold-out talk hosted by Professor Duncan Garrow (Archaeology).
• Museums + Heritage report that the new Natural History Museum’s logo has been designed to unite three sites, one including the new scientific facility at the University of Reading's Thames Valley Science Park.

Business and society:

• Dr Ruvi Ziegler (Law) spoke to TRT World on the new UK law on illegal migration.
• Professor Rosa Freedman spoke to Singapore’s Channel News Asia about cuts to UN food aid in Haiti.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) is quoted in CNN, Yahoo! News, KEYT.com , KTVS.com, Aol. and Egypt Independent on recent extreme weather, and was interviewed on BBC 5 Live, CNN, CBC News, and NBC News. She is quoted in the Washington Post on naming heatwaves, and in Mirror Online, Independent, Independent.ie, i news, Forbes and Daily Record (in print) on the record breaking global heatwaves across three continents.  
• BBC Radio 4, BBC Foyle, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Radio 2 quote Dr Deepa Senapathi (Agriculture) on the rate at which climate change and extreme heat is affecting nature.  
• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) is quoted in Times of India on how El Nino has weakened the Indian monsoon in July.

Other Coverage: 

• Nutra Ingredients (USA) reports how scientists from the University of Reading found prebiotics may reduce the duration of respiratory symptoms and support gut health in athletes.
• Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Visiting Research Fellow, Vincenzo Raimo, is mentioned in ForeignAffairs as an editor for the book Student Recruitment Agents in International Higher Education.