Where have all the wonder women gone?
By Elana Levine, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
In the epilogue to Jill Lepore’s new book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, we learn about Wonder Woman’s...
Regulating the sacred: why the US halal food industry needs better oversight
By Mohammed Ayub Khan, McMaster University
For many Muslims, adherence to Islamic dietary laws, known as halal, is an intrinsic part of their everyday lives....
When adopted children forget their birth language, it may not be lost without a...
By Monika Schmid, University of Essex
How robust are languages learned in childhood but disused later in life? A new study by researchers at McGill...
Lips are the most exposed erogenous zone, which makes kissing feel very good
By Sheril Kirshenbaum, University of Texas at Austin
Scientists in the Netherlands have reported that we share about 80m bacteria during a passionate ten-second kiss;...
The unknown crocodiles
By Vladimir Dinets, University of Tennessee
Just a few years ago, crocodilians – crocodiles, alligators and their less-known relatives – were mostly thought of as...
Flamingos with flu and hippos in hurricanes: emergency preparedness in zoos and aquariums
By Yvette Johnson-Walker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
You need only look at the papers or television news to see the reports. Infectious disease outbreaks,...
Access denied: how security is transforming public space
By Susan Silberberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The recent security lapses at the White House have brought to the forefront the 13-year-old question of how...
FactCheck: does the new climate deal let China do nothing for 16 years?
By John Mathews and Hao Tan, University of Newcastle
“As I read the agreement it requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16...
