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Children living in a center for refugees and asylum seekers performed at the Athens Conservatoire on Friday, under the direction of Dee Isaacs, professor of music at the University of Edinburgh.

The children, who reside at the in Ritsona camp, north of Athens, were accompanied by the Cellos for Change band.

An unusual find in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted dinosaur for dinner.

The fossil shows a badgerlike creature chomping down on a small, beaked dinosaur, their skeletons intertwined. The find comes from a site known as "China's Pompeii," where mud and debris from long-ago volcanoes buried creatures in their tracks.

The fossil of a 170-million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world's best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, scientists said on Feb. 22.

A study lead by the University of Edinburgh researchers suggests that listening to music while running can be helpful in combating mental fatigue and might prove as a key to improving people's performance too.

Ljubljana – Gregor Majdič, a researcher and professor at the Ljubljana Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the Maribor Faculty of Medicine, has been elected new chancellor of the University of Ljubljana, defeating the incumbent Igor Papič, in a run-off.

The planet could have a year or less before first-generation Covid-19 vaccines are ineffective and modified formulations are needed, according to a survey of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation is organizing an online dialogue titled "The Economy Challenged," with the participation of University of Edinburgh Professor Emilios Avgouleas and Yale University Professor Costas Meghir.
The discussion, which will be in Greek, will be aired on Wednesday on dialogues.SNF.org, starting at 6.30 p.m.

Judith Barringer, classical archaeologist and professor of Greek art and archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, will gives a talk titled "The Workings of Treasuries in Greek Sanctuaries" at the Swedish Institute at Athens on Tuesday, December 17.

An international group of scientists has discovered fossilized remains of an eye from 530 million years, the Independent newspaper reported.

Scientists have suggested that interstellar dust capable of transporting micro-organisms across the universe is the source of life on Earth.

A study led by the University of Edinburgh’s Professor Arjun Berera has posited that bacteria and micro-animals, capable of surviving hazardous journeys through space, could be the source of life on our little blue planet.