Mind the gender gap: why women must still fight for equality in science
By Hazel Hall, Edinburgh Napier University
What was the greatest astronomical discovery of the 20th century? Some would say pulsars – highly magnetised, rotating...
Designer viruses could be the new antibiotics
By Luc Henry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
Bacterial infections remain a major threat to human and animal health. Worse still, the catalogue...
The moving street art of Argentina that lets citizens look, contemplate and remember
By Tanya Filer, University College London
In Buenos Aires, a mural commemorates the bombing in July 1994 of the AMIA Jewish Community Centre. The black...
Portraits are a fine art, so let’s embrace the selfie
By Hannah Williams, University of Oxford
The BP Portrait Award 2014, which opens at the National Portrait Gallery this week, might seem to some like...
We’re all to blame when American football stars turn violent off the field
By Thomas F Carter, University of Brighton
As yet another NFL player stands accused of domestic violence, it is beginning to look as though the...
Soy versus dairy: which milk is better for you?
By Suzie Ferrie, University of Sydney
There are good reasons why people may want to swap soy with dairy milk. The carbon, water and phosphate...
People and their pets look alike … and the same goes for their cars
By Nick Haslam, University of Melbourne
It is common knowledge – at least to anyone who trawls the shallower reaches of the internet – that...
Why children with autism often fall victim to bullies
By Judith Hebron, University of Manchester
Bullying can affect anyone at any time, but young people with autism are especially vulnerable. The results can be...
