Why climate ‘uncertainty’ is no excuse for doing nothing
By Richard Pancost, University of Bristol and Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol
Former environment minister Owen Paterson has called for the UK to scrap its...
What We’ve Learned From Four Years of Diving Into Dollars for Docs
by Charles Ornstein, Eric Sagara and Ryann Grochowski Jones ProPublica, Sep. 29, 2014, 9:20 a.m.
This story was co-published with The New York Times.
On Tuesday,...
A look behind UK’s impressive unemployment figures shows they’re not so dazzling
By Geraint Johnes, Lancaster University
Unemployment in the UK has fallen below two million for the first time in almost six years, latest figures from...
How gut bacteria ensure a healthy brain – and could play a role in treating...
By Clio Korn, University of Oxford
One of medicine’s greatest innovations in the 20th century was the development of antibiotics. It transformed our ability to...
If learners live online, teachers and textbooks must follow them
By David White, University of the Arts London
Ten years after the launch of Facebook and eight years after the launch of Twitter, social media...
Conservatives’ crack team of superteachers will need the patience of Gandhi
By James Williams, University of Sussex
As a theme for Hollywood filmmakers, the crack team of experts sent in where others dare to tread to...
How social media transformed pro-Russian nostalgia into violence in Ukraine
By Ivan Kozachenko, University of Aberdeen
When Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, Victor Yanukovych, was ousted in late February, thousands of outraged and fearful people in southern...
The rise and rise of Belgium’s Indian diamond dynasties
By Kathryn Lum, European University Institute
From the outside, Number 2 Hoveniersstraat Street in Antwerp is a nondescript office block. Only the clusters of businessmen...
