Tag: life and news
Romania’s revolution: 25 years on
By Gabriela Marin Thornton, Texas A&M University
25 years after the beginning of the Romanian Revolution. I am standing in the University Plaza in...
Why most food labels are wrong about calories
By Richard Wrangham, Harvard University and Rachel Carmody, Harvard University
Looks so official and definitive….
FDA
Food labels seem to provide all the information a thoughtful consumer...
Fossil collecting should be for everyone – not just academics
By Gareth Dyke, University of Southampton
Almost all natural history museums and recognised public collections of fossils have in the past relied on finds purchased...
Test-driving the brain could reveal early signs of Alzheimer’s
By Brian Murphy, Queen's University Belfast
In some ways the human brain is like a well-oiled car engine, purring along without being noticed, until something...
It’s just not cricket! Only two neutral umpires can eliminate bias...
By Gemma Ware, The Conversation
They may be the arbiters of the world’s most gentlemanly sport, but cricket umpires provided by the home team are...
AirAsia flight QZ8501: when tragedy strikes, grief must not be a...
By Peter Kinderman, University of Liverpool
Once again, the news agenda is dominated by tragedies. A Greek ferry is stranded by fire in the Mediterranean,...
Warming, decanting and swirling: do they make wine taste better?
By Alex Russell, University of Sydney
Do you inspect the appearance of a wine before swirling it around the glass (holding the stem, naturally)? Inhale...
Vladimir Putin and Russia’s incredible shrinking ruble
By Benjamin J Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Russia’s currency is in free fall. Since mid-year, the incredible shrinking ruble has lost close to...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
