Social acceptance of alcohol allows us to ignore its harms
Steve Allsop, Curtin University
Most of us forget that alcohol is a drug so when asked to name drug-related problems, we tend to think of...
However you spend it, money isn’t the key to happiness
Christopher Boyce, University of Stirling
How important, if at all, is having more money for our happiness and well-being? Unsurprisingly this question stimulates a lot...
Are doctors following best practice when prescribing antipsychotic meds to kids?
David Rettew, University of Vermont
There’s been a lot of attention in the media about the number of children taking antipsychotic and other psychiatric medications....
Tunisia was attacked for its success, not its challenges
David Mednicoff, University of Massachusetts Amherst
After the tragic Islamic State (ISIS) attack on tourists visiting Tunis’s iconic Bardo museum, one key point needs reassertion:...
Sex education at school means students have sex safer and later
Wendy MacDowall, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Lessons at school have become the most common source of information about sexual matters for young...
Why do we need the humanities?
Kevin Reilly, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Charles Steger, Virginia Tech; James Barker, Clemson University , and J Bernard Machen, University of Florida
Editor’s note: Search the...
How texting turns you into a walking disaster
Siobhan Schabrun, University of Western Sydney
For most of us, walking in a straight line at reasonable speed is a simple task. But watch someone...
Alien worlds: most stars have planets in the habitable zone
Charley Lineweaver, Australian National University
When Captain Cook sailed into Botany Bay in 1770, we did not know how many planets were in our solar...
