In the ocean, the most harmful plastic is too small to see
By Magnus Johnson, University of Hull and Melanie Coull, University of Hull
There are at least 268,000 tonnes of plastic floating around in the oceans,...
Awake, online and sleep-deprived – the rise of the teenage ‘vamper’
By Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University
About three years ago, a teenage girl was talking with me and other students about using her cell phone...
Senate CIA torture report release: expert reaction
By Eric Heinze, Queen Mary University of London; Claudia Hillebrand, Aberystwyth University; Clodagh Harrington, De Montfort University; James J. Walsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;...
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...
