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Beekeepers Are Wrong About Overwinter Hive Behavior

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The Rabbits Of 1859: Australia's Worst Christmas Present?

The Rabbits Of 1859: Australia's Worst Christmas Present?

Dec 22 2014 | comment(s)


Rabbits can strip grasslands bare and chew through young woody trees. John Schilling/Flickr, CC BY-ND

By Andrew Bengsen, University of New England

On Christmas Day 1859, the Victoria Acclimatisation Society released 24 rabbits for hunting, to help settlers feel more at home.

Family Holiday Survival: 12 Ways To Deal With That Climate Change Denier

Family Holiday Survival: 12 Ways To Deal With That Climate Change Denier

Dec 21 2014 | comment(s)


Try to avoid making this face when dealing with a climate change skeptic this holiday. bark/flickr, CC BY

By Will J Grant, Australian National University and Rod Lamberts, Australian National University

Coming Out Of The Closet: Moths Deserve Some Love Too

Coming Out Of The Closet: Moths Deserve Some Love Too

Dec 20 2014 | comment(s)


Butterflies aren't the only ones with snazzy stripes. Ben Sale, CC BY

By Callum Macgregor, University of Hull

Ask people to describe what they associate with butterflies, and you will probably get an image of a sunny summer’s day, with a beautiful peacock drifting gently on the cooling breeze.

‘Get A Lovely Bust For Christmas’: 1930s Tips For How To Be A Festive Woman

‘Get A Lovely Bust For Christmas’: 1930s Tips For How To Be A Festive Woman

Dec 19 2014 | comment(s)


Good Needlwork magazine shows you how to get better bosoms. Image: Dave Whatt

By Jo Brewis, University of Leicester

When my good friend and long-term collaborator Sam Warren was given a pile of women’s magazines from the 1930s by her grandmother Jane Frampton, we found among them 11 Christmas issues of Good Needlework, Model Housekeeping, The Needlewoman and Stitchcraft.

Babies In Your 30s Is Not Modern - Your Great-Grandmother Did It Too

Babies In Your 30s Is Not Modern - Your Great-Grandmother Did It Too

Dec 19 2014 | comment(s)


Freeze your eggs or your career? Shutterstock

By Jenna Healey, Yale University

Mental Illnesses Run In Families, So How Can We Protect Children?

Mental Illnesses Run In Families, So How Can We Protect Children?

Dec 19 2014 | comment(s)


Children should be taken into consideration when helping adults with mental health issues. Shutterstock

By Sam Cartwright-Hatton, University of Sussex

Mental illness runs in families. This is well known and uncontroversial. There is much that we could do to reduce this risk, but we currently do almost nothing.