Germany’s green energy gamble could really use some vorsprung durch technik
By Thomas Sattich, Universität Bremen
Remember the big, somewhat bulky Mercedes Benz cars of the early 1990s? State-of-the-art at that time, they left their competitors...
Sexist student chant raises wider concern about appraisals of female lecturers
By Julia O'Connell Davidson, University of Nottingham
The way that newcomers are initiated into a group can reveal a lot about that group’s values. So...
Europe needs gas and Russia needs cash, so expect an energy-fuelled reconciliation
By Catalina Spataru, University College London and Raimund Bleischwitz, University College London
The Ukraine crisis caused relations between Russia and the EU to fall to...
Life boils down to five ‘rules’ … or so says the Madingley Model
By James Smith
It may sound overly simple, but just five processes can define us as animals: eating, metabolism, reproduction, dispersal and death.
They might not...
Invasion of the strange sailor jellyfish – what are they, and will they sting...
By Cathy Lucas, University of Southampton
Billions of small, jellyfish-like creatures known as “by-the-wind sailors” have washed ashore all along the west coast of North...
Explainer: what is oracy and why should every child be taught it?
By Neil Mercer, University of Cambridge; Ayesha Ahmed, University of Cambridge, and Paul Warwick, University of Cambridge
A recent report confirms that the alumni of...
What do world university rankings actually mean?
By Steven C. Ward, Western Connecticut State University
From the “best beaches” to the “best slice of pizza” to the best hospital to have cardiac...
How to be a world leader when you grow up – pick the right...
By Morgen Witzel, University of Exeter
What do the prime ministers of Singapore, Malaysia and Finland have in common with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Colombian...
