California’s severe drought shows why we need to raise the price of water
By Randy Simmons, Utah State University
Last January, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a State of Emergency following projections of severe drought. State bureaucrats and...
Feeling anxious makes it harder to stop feeling anxious
By Adam Heenan, Queen's University, Ontario
Anxious people tend to perceive their world in a more threatening way. That is, the more anxious a person...
Children born just after the Berlin Wall fell were lower achievers – here’s why
By Arnaud Chevalier, Royal Holloway and Olivier Marie, Maastricht University
Germany and the rest of Europe are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the collapse of...
Will all the ethical social scientists please stand up?
By Mark Israel, University of Western Australia
Social scientists have to get better at recognising and responding to ethical problems. Although economists, political scientists and...
From electric ink to aromapoetry – the physical book is not dead, it’s about...
By Andrew Prescott, King's College London
“Analogue” and “digital” are the two polar opposites of our modern world. The word “analogue” has become our catch-all...
Should women be standing alongside the ‘father’ of modern gynecology?
By David T. Z. Mindich, St. Michael's College
On an October day in 1894, a group of New York City’s leading doctors gathered to unveil...
‘Right to try’ laws are compassionate, but misguided
By Yoram Unguru, Johns Hopkins University
On November 4, the state of Arizona will decide whether to join Colorado, Missouri, Louisiana and Michigan in passing...
Do our genes determine whether we survive Ebola?
By Andrew Easton, University of Warwick and David Evans, University of Warwick
Despite killing a majority of people it infects, some patients survive the onslaught...
