Anorexia more stubborn to treat than previously believed, analysis shows
Stuart Murray, University of California, San Francisco
Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness that primarily effects young people during their adolescence. While anorexia is relatively...
Dancing seal is first non-human mammal to keep a beat
Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation
Ronan the sea lion was able to keep a musical beat, even when hearing a song for the first time.
American Psychological...
Crafting for good: why we all want to knit for penguins
By Alyce McGovern
Last week, a call for knitters to create tiny pullovers for oil-spill affected penguins went viral. Patterns for penguin knitwear from The...
Brains transform remote threats into anxiety
By Kevin LaBar, Duke University
Modern life can feel defined by low-level anxiety swirling through society. Continual reports about terrorism and war. A struggle to...
What caused the ‘pause’ in global warming?
By Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Many people around the world, in certain locations, have asked, “where is global warming?” This is...
How technology is changing language and the way we think about the world
By David Glance, University of Western Australia
We are getting used to the idea of rapidly developing technologies changing what we can do and how...
Taking plants off planet – how do they grow in zero gravity?
Anna-Lisa Paul, University of Florida and Robert Ferl, University of Florida
Gravity is a constant for all organisms on Earth. It acts on every aspect...
Colleges need affirmative action – but it can be expanded
Eboni Nelson, University of South Carolina
In 2003, Justice Antonin Scalia predicted that the Supreme Court’s sanctioning of race-conscious affirmative action in higher education would...
