40,000 year old rock art found in Indonesia
By Paul S.C.Taçon, Griffith University; Adam Brumm, Griffith University, and Maxime Aubert, Griffith University
Rock art dated to a minimum age of almost 40,000 years...
Science Nobel Prizes must change to remain relevant in the 21st century
By Benjamin Burke, University of Hull
The Nobel Prizes in the sciences have been announced to much celebration around the world. And this year, unlike...
Supplies of rare earth materials are still far from secure
By Raimund Bleischwitz, University College London
Materials essential for technology products such as electric vehicles, wind turbines or hard disks, known as rare earth elements,...
Limiting global warming to 2°C: the philosophy and the science
By Lawrence Torcello, Rochester Institute of Technology and Michael E Mann, Pennsylvania State University
Industrial civilization must become technologically, economically, politically, and morally sustainable to...
Why our happiness and satisfaction should replace GDP in policy making
By Richard A. Easterlin, University of Southern California
Since 1990, GDP per person in China has doubled and then redoubled. With average incomes multiplying fourfold...
Giant kangaroos were more likely to walk than hop
By Christine Janis, Brown University
Extinct giant kangaroos may have been built more for walking, rather than hopping like today’s kangaroos, especially when moving slowly.
These...
My college classroom crusade to teach Marvel to undergrads
By Arnold T Blumberg, University of Baltimore
In the fall of 2010, as The Walking Dead was about to debut on TV, I launched my...
King dollar is back – for now
By Benjamin J Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Recent months have seen a sharp jump in the value of the greenback, with more gains...
