Cancer survivors can have a fulfilling sex life – we need to talk about how
Catalina Lawsin, University of Sydney
Sex and cancer are words rarely uttered in the same sentence. But they should; after treatment ends, many cancer survivors...
Women compete to be thin for men – a pursuit exacerbated in modern times
Helen Driscoll, University of Sunderland
Plus Sized Wars, Channel 4’s exploration into the rise of the plus-sized fashion industry is part of an ongoing debate...
You’re not crazy: Recovery from trauma is different for everybody
Jeannie D DiClementi, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne
The very public trials of the Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and the Colorado theater shooting suspect,...
Faster-than-light travel: are we there yet?
Robert Scherrer, Vanderbilt University
Long before the Empire struck back, before the United Federation of Planets federated, Isaac Asimov created Foundation, the epic tale of...
Why do students cheat? Listen to this dean’s words
Chris Loschiavo, University of Florida
Cheating in college has been with us since the inception of higher education. In recent months, cases of cheating, including...
California’s water paradox: why enough will never be enough
Doug Parker, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Faith Kearns, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
These days,...
What is the ‘warm blob’ in the Pacific and what can it tell us...
Nicholas A Bond, University of Washington
People living across the US have lived through some odd weather in the past year. It’s been unusually warm...
Why we musn’t assume smoking and drinking only leads to certain cancers
Katie Newby, Coventry University
In a recent article in The Times Magazine, the notorious drug dealer Howard Marks talked about his terminal bowel cancer.
Howard Marks...
