Soy versus dairy: which milk is better for you?
By Suzie Ferrie, University of Sydney
There are good reasons why people may want to swap soy with dairy milk. The carbon, water and phosphate...
Americans are in a mental health crisis – especially African Americans. Can churches help?
Brad R. Fulton, Indiana University
Centuries of systemic racism and everyday discrimination in the U.S. have left a major...
Look, your eyes are wired backwards: here’s why
By Erez Ribak, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
The human eye is optimised to have good colour vision at day and high sensitivity at...
Dung beetle mothers protect their offspring from a warming world by digging deeper
Kimberly S. Sheldon, University of Tennessee
If the TV series “Dirty Jobs” covered animals as well as humans, it...
Even climate change experts and activists might be in denial
By Steffen Böhm, University of Essex and Aanka Batta, University of Essex
Another month, another important UN climate change conference. The latest is in Lima,...
Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story, but these high-tech...
Risa Aria Schnebly, Arizona State University and Ben A. Minteer, Arizona State University
It’s no secret that human activities...
Combatting stereotypes: How to talk to your children
Marjorie Rhodes, New York University
How can modern parents raise the next generation to be free from corrosive gender and racial stereotypes? By the time...
Why is the FDA seeking to ban menthol cigarettes? 4 questions answered
David Mendez, University of Michigan and Rafael Meza, University of Michigan
The FDA has opened the public comment period...
