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...
Happy news! Masturbation actually has health benefits
Spring Chenoa Cooper, University of Sydney and Anthony Santella, University of Sydney
Conduct an Internet search for “masturbation,” and you will find hundreds, if not...
Why science can’t really tell us whether pets are good for health
Pauleen Bennett, La Trobe University
Links between human health and pet ownership are of widespread community interest but there’s little clarity about the issue in...
Where’s that bean been? Coffee’s journey from crop to cafe
Don Brushett
Welcome to the third instalment in our series Chemistry of Coffee, where we unravel the delicious secrets of one of the most widely...
Cleaning your hands may be more complicated than you think
Christine Carson, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
The next time you wash your hands with a liquid soap claiming to be antibacterial, keep in...
Gap or trap? Confidence backlash is the real problem for women
Rebecca Mitchell, University of Newcastle
Women continue to earn substantially less than men and occupy a comparatively smaller proportion of upper management positions. A new...
Love problems? There’s a pill for that, but Plato offers a wiser cure
Laura D'Olimpio, University of Notre Dame Australia and Richard Paul Hamilton, University of Notre Dame Australia
We take pills and potions for everything from a...
Quit sugar, go paleo, embrace ‘clean food’: the power of celebrity nutrition
Rebecca Charlotte Reynolds
Celebrities of nutrition evoke feelings of awe, envy and adulation in many of us. While the Gwyneth Paltrows of the group first...
