Humans drained the Aral Sea once before – but there are no free refills...
By Anson Mackay, University College London
The Aral Sea has reached a new low, literally and figuratively; new satellite images from NASA show that, for...
Marijuana legalization: Big changes across country
Sam Méndez, University of Washington
This year’s election season was historic in more ways than one. An unprecedented nine states considered liberalizing cannabis laws, and...
Human experiments – the good, the bad, and the ugly
Anthony Wrigley, Keele University
Research involving human subjects is littered with a history of scandal that often shapes people’s views of the ethics of research....
Health Check: why mosquitoes seem to bite some people more
By Cameron Webb, University of Sydney
There’s always one in a crowd, a sort of harbinger of the oncoming mosquito onslaught: a person mosquitoes seem...
Two steps forward, one step back: how World War II changed how we do...
James Bradley, University of Melbourne
It’s easy, in retrospect, to portray World War II as a major turning point in the history of medical ethics....
‘The 120 Days of Sodom’ – counterculture classic or porn war pariah?
Will McMorran, Queen Mary University of London
Over the past year, politicians on the right have railed against the supposed tyranny of political correctness.
Perhaps...
Frequent flying is getting a lot more rewarding – for those at the very...
By Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley and Volodymyr Bilotkach, Newcastle University
Frequent flyer programs are one of the primary ways airlines build customer loyalty....
Regulating the sacred: why the US halal food industry needs better oversight
By Mohammed Ayub Khan, McMaster University
For many Muslims, adherence to Islamic dietary laws, known as halal, is an intrinsic part of their everyday lives....
