Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the...
Monica Grady, The Open University
A firework display is often the finale of a celebratory event, something that many people can experience and enjoy at...
Cheap milk is a global phenomenon – so don’t blame the supermarkets
John Lingard, Newcastle University
British dairy farmers are once again protesting over the low prices on offer for their milk. They worry that too many...
News about the success of a new Ebola vaccine may be too good to...
Timothy P Lahey, Dartmouth College
Ebola is on the run: the number of cases dipped below 10 a week recently, and a few days ago...
Celebrity activists get it wrong on Amnesty International’s sex work policy
Rebecca Hiscock, University of Melbourne
Amnesty International’s recent publication of a draft policy recommending the decriminalisation of sex work has been received positively by sex...
We need to move beyond the medical model to address Indigenous suicide
Colin Tatz, Australian National University
Despite efforts to prevent suicide among Indigenous Australians, especially the young, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide rate is...
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...
