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
Is artificial super-intelligence lurking nearby, under wraps? eugenia_loli, CC BYBy Tony Prescott, University of Sheffield
The way we relate to other people shapes our moral life – and that's something that requires imagination. David Galindo/FlickrBy Matthew Beard, University of Notre Dame AustraliaCreativity and imagination - it’s impossible to discuss one without reference to the other - are often discussed with regard to the great artists, thinkers, and visionaries of our world. Those are the people who are able to visualize things in a way that others simply aren’t able to.
Ribosomes: squiggly and yummy. crobin, CC BYBy Robert Root-Bernstein, Michigan State University and Meredith Root-Bernstein, Aarhus University
Artist's impression of an Earth-sized planet in the Kepler 186 system. But what makes one planet more habitable than another? NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech
To Tolkien, the machine represents a means to attain power over others. His orcs -- deformed and ugly creatures, whose hands are sometimes replaced with weapons -- embody this lust for power. LOTR WikiaBy Richard Gunderman, Indiana University-Purdue University
Don't mobile payments make more sense? US NavyBy Ethan Zuckerman, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyApple’s product launches are covered with breathless enthusiasm usually reserved for royal weddings and vaccines for dread diseases. The recent launch of the iPhone6 featured an exciting new technology - ApplePay - which, if widely adopted, will allow Apple’s discerning customers to make electronic payments from their phones in situations where they would have used credit cards or cash.
Okay, but that's not the way to extract it. fabriceh_com, CC BY-NC-SABy Benjamin Burke, University of HullIn the development of new drugs, taking something from nature and modifying it has been a successful tactic employed by medicinal chemists for years. Now, with the help of nanotechnology, researchers are turning once-discarded drug candidates into usable drugs.
The death of a three-year-old child caused by drinking unpasteurized milk late last year invited much commentary about food safety and regulation. But little has been said about the man who gave his name to the process that makes dairy products, and many other foods, safe for mass production: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).
If we want to maximize creativity, tying cash to creative output is a bad idea. tanakawho/FlickrBy Dan Hunter, Swinburne University of TechnologyImagine you were asked to write a law that encouraged creativity. What would it look like? Whatever your answer, it’s pretty clear that it wouldn’t look like copyright.Which is weird, right? Because copyright is supposed to be the law that spurs creativity. The problem, it turns out, is that the central features of copyright are directly opposed to the things that support creativity.
It's never too late to start balancing the calorie ledger. rangizzzBy Lee Hamilton, University of Stirling
