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
Braving the eye of the bomb. Danny Lawson/PABy Edward Hanna, University of SheffieldA dramatically-named “weather bomb” exploded across the UK in the past week, bringing winds gusting up to 144 mph on outlying islands.But despite the cool name these “bombs” are more common than you might think.
How many kangaroos is too many? David Jenkins/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SABy Brett Howland, Australian National University; David Lindenmayer, Australian National University, and Iain Gordon, James Hutton Institute
Not now! Roboscribe is busy creating a masterpiece (of heuristic analysis). gastev, CC BYBy Peter McOwan, Queen Mary University of LondonThe human race has long designed and used tools to help us solve problems, from flint axes to space shuttles. They affect our lives and shape society in expected and sometimes unexpected ways. We may understand how these tools work – after all, we built them – but sometimes it’s the use they’re put to that surprises.
Past your bedtime? Mikael Damkier/ShutterstockBy Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University
Alexander von Humboldt. Self portraitBy Richard Gunderman, Indiana University-Purdue University
Many villagers near the Cape Verde volcano will have little to return to. Joao Relvas/EPABy David Rothery, The Open UniversityAround 60 volcanoes erupt in the average year. On any particular day, there are usually about 20 volcanoes erupting somewhere in the world. Naturally, they can’t all make headlines. But when there are human tragedies involved, we need to question the priorities of the news media.
At UN climate change negotiations, human rights is increasingly the focus. 350.org, CC BY-NCBy Matthew Nisbet, Northeastern UniversitySenior officials representing nearly 200 countries will gather in Lima, Peru today for the final stages of United Nations-led climate change talks. The meetings, which began December 1, are intended to lay the final groundwork for a major international agreement to be reached a year from now in Paris, France.
When looked at the right way, even cement can be beautiful. This is the crystal structure of tricalcium aluminate, a vital mineral in cement.By Helen Maynard-Casely, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
You're a vegetarian? But your subconscious ordered the Meat Lover's! BrokenSphere, CC BY-SABy John M. Henderson,University of South Carolina
The jellyfish highway.By Stefano Piraino, University of Salento and Bella Galil, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
For many men, the down sides of PSA testing outweigh the benefits. Gerald Streiter/Flickr, CC BY-NCBy Ian Haines, Monash University
