Americans are deeply divided about torture
By Paul Gronke, Reed College; Darius Rejali, Reed College, and Peter Miller, University of Pennsylvania
The Senate report on torture found that the “enhanced techniques”...
‘Big Brother’ surveillance in elite sport is pushing a culture with a machine mentality
By Andrew Manley, University of Bath and Shaun Williams, University of Bath
With a “win-at-all-costs” culture firmly embedded in elite sport, coaches are increasingly turning...
Milk bottle-raiding birds pass on thieving ways to their flock
By Neeltje Boogert, University of St Andrews
Great tits are opportunistic copycats. Entire populations can be found performing the same arbitrary behaviour simply because birds...
The fall and resurrection of the science of human dissection
By Ian Parkin, University of St Andrews
The medical school at the University of St Andrews in Scotland is among those that still dissects human...
Balotelli Instagram blunder shows how badly players need social media support
By Daniel Kilvington, University of Sunderland
Controversial Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli is in hot water. Despite being the victim of online abuse, he has become...
Why I’d say yes, yes, yes to the Bad Sex award
By Sally O'Reilly, The Open University
Sexual intercourse is getting on a bit. Not only has it been boosting the human population since we emerged...
Even climate change experts and activists might be in denial
By Steffen Böhm, University of Essex and Aanka Batta, University of Essex
Another month, another important UN climate change conference. The latest is in Lima,...
The dark side of research – when chasing prestige becomes the prize
By Ottoline Leyser, University of Cambridge
I love my job. I’m trying to understand how plants build themselves out of thin air. It’s exciting, it’s...
