This week we catch up with Neuroscience PhD student Claudia, who shares with us her favourite musical in London, experience meeting fellow Neurology scientists in Paris and top spot in the city for finding inspiration to write.

New research from the University of Birmingham suggests Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, could have contributed to a forgotten shipwreck narrative.

A University of Bristol academic appears to have succeeded where countless cryptographers, linguistics scholars and computer programs have failed - by cracking the code of the 'world's most mysterious text', the Voynich manuscript.

Donald Trump used Twitter effectively to promote his campaign, communicate policy goals and attack opponents as part of a systematic campaign ahead of the 2016 US Presidential elections - a new study reveals.

Some of the top researchers and experts in their field from the University of Birmingham's College of Arts and Law will take to the stage to lead talks and debates showcasing their research areas at this year's Hay Festival.

Staff at the University of Birmingham have been investigating humans' capacity to communicate without speech and relying only in their gestures, and how comprehensible these body movements are to an interlocutor.