Study vindicates climate models accused of ‘missing the pause’
By Michael Hopkin, The Conversation
Climate models can recreate the slowdown in global warming since 1998, as long as they correctly factor in crucial variables...
BICEP2 ‘gravity wave’ finding clouded by interstellar dust
By Robert Crittenden, University of Portsmouth
In March, scientists working on the BICEP2 experiment, a microwave telescope based at the South Pole, announced that they...
Opting out of Mediterranean rescue condemns desperate migrants to death
By Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham
The UK government is seeking to defend its decision not to support rescue missions for migrants making the dangerous...
There are times in a game of poker when cheating doesn’t mean breaking the...
By Paul Seager, University of Central Lancashire
You might assume that when it comes to poker anything goes. Isn’t it all about bluffing and lying?...
Small cliques often take control of school governor boards
By Andrew Wilkins, University of Roehampton
As the investigations continue into what happened at the schools implicated in the Trojan Horse extremism affair in Birmingham,...
For the love of cod, let’s save our disappearing seagrass
By Richard K.F. Unsworth, University of Swansea
Seagrass is one of the most important coastal habitats where young ocean-going fish such as Atlantic cod can...
Hidden costs of state education are stigmatising poorer pupils
By Pat Thomson, University of Nottingham
It’s official: poverty in England is getting worse. Britain is on the verge of becoming a nation deeply and...
Open minded? Here’s how much facial stereotyping influences your decisions
By Christopher Olivola, Carnegie Mellon University
When we make important social decisions – which political candidate to vote for, whether to trust someone with our...
