Tag: lifeandnews
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...
Confucian thought and China’s environmental dilemmas
By Ian Matthew Miller, Harvard University and George Yin, Harvard University
Conventional wisdom holds that China - the world’s most populous country - is an...
My brain made me do it, but does that matter?
By Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University
Imagine that Brian promises to drive you to the airport but never shows up, and you miss your flight. When...
How Arkansas is expanding Medicaid without actually expanding Medicaid
By Colleen M. Grogan, University of Chicago
Upon the signing of the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010, the public was promised that all...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
