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...
Giraffes aren’t dangerous – but they will soon be endangered
Matt Hayward
, Bangor University
An American trophy hunter has kicked off another social media furore after defending a recent giraffe kill in South Africa by...
Africa is within reach of being declared a polio free region
Charles Wiysonge
, Stellenbosch University
More than 20 years after North and South America eliminated the threat of polio, sub-Saharan Africa is finally on the brink...
In a water-scarce West of the future, who will be hit hardest?
Lauren Foster
, Colorado School of Mines
This article is part of The Conversation’s series on drought. You can read the rest of the series here.
Despite...
