A book that criticizes alternative medicine to treat conditions that have names but no criteria is controversial - because it runs up against a supplement and alternative medicine enabled by governments that believe science can't be trusted
Can you dance like Robbie Williams? It would go down great in a lecture hall. Jonathan Brady/PA ArchiveBy Justin O'Brien, Royal Holloway
We don't need any more Internet off-switches, thanks. deadhorse, CC BY-NCBy Bill Buchanan, Edinburgh Napier University
Credit: International Space StationBy Monica Grady, The Open University
Poverty causes more deaths than climate change. Otis Historical Archives, CC BYBy Andrew Papworth, University College London
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After mass bleaching in 1998, more than half of coral reefs in the Seychelles have slowly recovered. Nick GrahamBy John Pandolfi, The University of QueenslandCoral reefs are the poster child for the damage people are doing to the world’s oceans. Overfishing, pollution and declining water quality have all taken their toll on reefs around the world. Perhaps the most famous example is Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, where half of the coral cover has disappeared over the past 25 years.
One was about 17 Westerners being killed and one was about 2,000 Africans. Guess which got most of the media attention? Kano, Nigeria Stringer/Reuters.By Ethan Zuckerman, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyConsider two tragic events that took place last week.A small cell of Islamic terrorists attacked cartoonists at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and shoppers in a Paris supermarket, killing 17 people and sparking international outcry, solidarity and support.
Prices of gas are approaching $2 a gallon. Does that make it a good time to raise the gas tax? Kevin Lamarque/ReutersBy Wallace Tyner, Purdue University
Donate data like blood and we can look for answers in the patterns we find. nomadFra/ShutterstockBy Anya Skatova,University of Nottingham and James Goulding, University of Nottingham
Dearcmhara shawcrossi, Scottish dino-fish. Todd MarshallBy Stephen Brusatte, University of EdinburghToday my colleagues and I had the great privilege to announce a remarkable new discovery: a dolphin-like reptile that prowled the Middle Jurassic waters 170 million years ago.
