Why do human children stay so small for so long?
By John Skoyles, University College London
Why does it take so long for human children to grow up? A male chimp and male human, for...
What that ‘BPA-free’ label isn’t telling you
By Brian Zikmund-Fisher, University of Michigan and Laura Scherer, University of Missouri
Purchase a plastic water bottle, and there’s a good chance that it will...
Pope Francis’s ‘American problem’
By Massimo Faggioli, University of St. Thomas
In late November, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis is going to visit the United States of America...
Shared pride, then and now
By Ben Railton, Fitchburg State University
The film Pride, which won the Queer Palm Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is based on the...
Hype around cannabis as a treatment for cancer is undeserved
By Victoria Forster, Newcastle University
Cannabis has long been touted as containing chemicals that might work against cancer. A recent study suggested that two chemicals...
Do ‘typical’ sexual fantasies exist?
By Christian Joyal, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
Can we use unusual sexual fantasies to identify sexual deviancy? Is there a link between what...
Timing of the Ferguson case may have made the riots worse
By Lisa A Williams
The announcement Monday evening in the US that there would be no charges against a policeman over the shooting of a...
Older people may be better learners than we think
By Reema Rattan, The Conversation and Nicki Russell, The Conversation
Older people may be able to learn more from visual information than their younger counterparts,...
