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...
Dark matter and the Milky Way: more little than large
By Geraint Lewis, University of Sydney
While invisible, dark matter completely dominates our Milky Way. But recent measurements of just how much dark matter there...
Mapping global carbon emissions
By James Whitmore, The Conversation and Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation
The latest report on global carbon emissions released this week revealed that carbon dioxide emissions...
Botox doesn’t just control wrinkles, it’s also effective for treating migraines
By Maike Tiede Blaya, Tulane University
It has been 12 years since Botox was approved for the treatment of wrinkles. Botulinum toxin, one of the...
Anabolic steroid use is not just about bodybuilding
By Dominic Sagoe, University of Bergen
The use of anabolic steroids has been associated primarily with men. But over the past few decades, we’ve been...
