Hong Kong on the Hudson?
By Donald L. Miller, Lafayette College
Good historians know that history rarely teaches clear lessons. When it does, we should heed them. In the...
Molecular genetics ready to launch a golden age of winegrape breeding
By Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis
Growing winegrapes may be the most backward form of horticulture that exists. The vast majority of the world’s...
Never mind the selfish gene – ribosomes are the missing link
By Robert Root-Bernstein, Michigan State University and Meredith Root-Bernstein, Aarhus University
Since the discovery that DNA encodes genetic information, research on the evolution of life...
Morning haze: why it’s time to stop hitting the snooze button
By Gemma Paech, Washington State University
It’s 6.30am and after a long holiday break, your alarm clock is insistently telling you it’s time to get...
Fond farewell to the ‘babies’ of Watergate
By Richard Arenberg, Brown University
An era has ended. The last of the “Watergate Babies” has left the Congress. The nickname was applied to the...
Islam, blasphemy and free speech: a surprisingly modern conflict
By Ali Mamouri, Australian Catholic University
From the fatwa on author Salman Rushdie to the attack on the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, the...
Fossil collecting should be for everyone – not just academics
By Gareth Dyke, University of Southampton
Almost all natural history museums and recognised public collections of fossils have in the past relied on finds purchased...
How scorpion venom could yield new cancer treatment
By Benjamin Burke, University of Hull
In the development of new drugs, taking something from nature and modifying it has been a successful tactic employed...
