It’s not enough to go vegetarian to fight climate change
Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne
Could our meat-loving Western diets push climate change over the edge? That was the message of a recent report from...
Farmers of the future will utilize drones, robots and GPS
Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M University
Today’s agriculture has transformed into a high-tech enterprise that most 20th-century farmers might barely recognize.
After all, it was only...
Feast then famine – how fasting might make our cells more resilient to stress
Douglas Bennion, University of Florida; Martin Wegman, University of Florida, and Michael Guo, University of Florida
Intermittent fasting (also called alternate day fasting) has become...
Girls on fire: political empowerment in young adult dystopia
Sarah Hentges, University of Maine at Augusta
Young Adult (YA) dystopia stories have never been more popular, and today’s release of Insurgent – the second...
Shades of segregated past in today’s campus troubles
Leslie M Harris, Emory University
Demands to rename Tillman Hall at Clemson University, the circulation of a video showing a racist chant at the University...
‘Dreamings’ and place – Aboriginal monsters and their meanings
Christine Nicholls, Flinders University
A rich inventory of monstrous figures exists throughout Aboriginal Australia. The specific form that their wickedness takes depends to a considerable...
Monday’s medical myth: feed a cold, starve a fever
Merlin Thomas, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute
This winter, most of us will catch a cold. Our kids will probably catch at least two...
We’re self-obsessed – but do we understand the nature of the self?
Michael Allen Fox, University of New England
We live in an age of self-obsession. Everywhere we look, we encounter a preoccupation with self-interest, self-development, self-image,...
