Hunger games: changing targets and the politics of global nutrition
By Bill Pritchard, University of Sydney and Chetan Choithani, University of Sydney
During the United Nations General Assembly meetings this week, Ban Ki-Moon has convened...
Breakthrough in understanding chronic pain could lead to new treatments
By Amanda C de C Williams, University College London
Chronic pain, defined as disabling pain that persists despite attempts at treatment and often without obvious...
Chiropractic therapy: placebo or panacea?
By Simon French, University of Melbourne
PANACEA OR PLACEBO – A weekly series assessing the evidence behind complementary and alternative medicines.
Chiropractors use manual therapy to...
Marine park review looks set to repeat past mistakes
By Lauren Butterly, Australian National University and Benjamin Richardson, University of Tasmania
In June 2012 the Labor government announced the “world’s largest” system of marine...
Lad culture of conquest targeted by new Oxbridge sexual consent workshops
By Tanya Serisier, Queen's University Belfast
Cambridge and Oxford announced the introduction of compulsory workshops on sexual consent for first-year students just a few weeks...
Devastating earthquake in Pakistan creates a new island
By Simon Redfern, University of Cambridge
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit south-central Pakistan on Tuesday, Sept. 23th. Reports of hundreds of casualties highlight the awful...
South African prisons: the trials of Oscar Pistorius may not be over
By Nooshin Erfani-Ghadimi, University of the Witwatersrand
Oscar Pistorius has been cleared of premeditated murder charges, but found guilty of culpable homicide – a crime...
How thalidomide became one of the most talked about drugs in cancer therapy
By Victoria Forster, Newcastle University
Innovative new drugs to treat cancer frequently make the headlines, either due to great success or controversy, as pharmaceutical companies...
