There’s no evidence human pheromones exist – no matter what you find for sale...
Mark JT Sergeant, Nottingham Trent University
The idea of human pheromones is intuitively appealing, conjuring up the idea of secret signals that make us irresistible...
Ravens have social abilities previously only seen in humans
Declan Perry, The Conversation
Humans and their primate cousins are well known for their intelligence and social abilities. You hear them called bird-brained, but birds...
Fifty Shades of Grey and the legal limits of BDSM
Thalia Anthony, University of Technology, Sydney
Christian Grey knows exactly his hard limits in sadomasochism and he may also know a thing or two about...
Evolutionary evidence shows it’s time to revise how we classify life on earth
Ben Holt, Imperial College London and Knud Andreas Jønsson, Imperial College London
A cat is, of course, a cat. Lions are cats too, as are...
Passengers boarding airplanes: we’re doing it wrong
Jason Steffen, Northwestern University
‘Tis the season for airplane travel. We may be looking forward to getting where we’re going, but most aspects of the...
How heat can make your body melt down from the inside out
Donna Green
Just as Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 identified a temperature at which paper self-combusts, the Australian Open has just shown the world that...
Energy drink binge leaves teens with more than a hangover
Caleb Ferguson, University of Technology, Sydney and Patricia Davidson, Johns Hopkins University
Manufacturers of energy drinks are coming under pressure from governments and regulatory bodies...
California’s severe drought shows why we need to raise the price of water
Randy Simmons, Utah State University
Last January, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a State of Emergency following projections of severe drought. State bureaucrats and local...
