126,000 reasons why the Emma Watson hoax isn’t all bad news
By Evita March, Federation University Australia
In less than a week since actor Emma Watson’s stirring United Nations speech on gender inequality, two big things...
Guardians of the Galaxy: why 1970s pop produces awesome mixtapes
By Joe Bennett, Bath Spa University
The top selling music album in the USA is currently Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Volume 1 –...
Arguing over whether girls can’t or won’t study science stops us fixing the problem
By Gina Rippon, Aston University
After the expressions of joy or despair have faded away, A Level results day often serves to emphasise the startling...
United Nations under pressure to protect ‘traditional families’ over individual rights
By Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham
The international movement to protect “traditional family values” has grown in proportion to protection for the human rights of...
Opinions harden on what it means to be ‘truly British’
By Joel Dimmock, The Conversation
It is getting harder and harder to prove that you’re “truly British”. With immigration rarely off the front pages and...
Rejuvinating stem cells could repair muscle in diseases like muscular dystrophyRejuvinating stem cells could...
By Michael Rudnicki, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Skeletal muscle is the tissue that makes our bodies move in a voluntary way, so we can walk,...
So who does own the copyright on a monkey selfie?
By Andrew Charlesworth, University of Bristol
Whilst visiting a national park in North Sulawesi wildlife photographer David Slater had his camera stolen – not by...
Banning ‘hooligans’ from travel won’t stop disorder at matches
By Geoff Pearson, University of Liverpool
As fans from all over the world flock to Brazil to support their country’s pursuit of football’s biggest prize,...
