Explainer: the problem drug patents pose for…
Explainer: the problem drug patents pose for developing countries
Erica Penfold, South African Institute of International Affairs
Patents and restrictions on intellectual property have become more...
Rather than make energy more expensive, it’s time to invest in…
Robert Paarlberg, Harvard University
Democrats (myself included) enjoy ridiculing Republicans who deny the scientific consensus behind climate change. But we then deny the inconvenient truth...
Brutal beauty: the rich heritage that means these buildings must be saved
Timothy Brittain-Catlin, University of Kent
Poplar, in the east of London, is home to two blocks of housing that are providing a symbolic battleground for...
The shaming of Walter Palmer for killing Cecil the Lion
Jennifer Jacquet, New York University
US trophy hunter Walter Palmer must be the world’s most hated dentist.
News that Palmer had killed Cecil, a handsome and...
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...
Offensive marketing can work – but not if it vilifies women
Offensive marketing can work – but not if it vilifies women
Isabelle Szmigin
, University of Birmingham
Scott Taylor
, University of Birmingham
In 1969 the Family Planning Information...
The lure of Hamlet – …test of a lifetime for Benedict Cumberbatch
The lure of Hamlet – why this is the test of a lifetime for Benedict Cumberbatch
Russell Jackson
, University of Birmingham
Benedict Cumberbatch has just embarked...
Hiroshima: stifled stories and one man’s memory of a cataclysm
Hiroshima: stifled stories and one man's memory of a cataclysm
Elizabeth Chappell
, The Open University
The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in August 1945 killed...
