The Conversation

Not as simple as black and white. Fred Bchx, CC BY-NC-SABy Ian Rickard, Durham University

Igor Stepovik ShutterstockBy Roxanne Connelly, University of Edinburgh

Our culture tells women there's something wrong with them if they don't orgasm. Gustavo Gomes/Flickr, CC BY-NCBy Sally Hunter, University of New England

Shifting descriptions of schizophrenia. ShutterstockBy Huw Green, City University of New YorkIn an attempt to move away from the traditional language used to describe psychosis and schizophrenia, the British Psychological Society (BPS) has launched an update to its thinking on this issue.The foreword of the report it has published sets out the vision:

There is such a thing as 'too precise' when it comes to numbers. So what's appropriate? Erik Olsson, CC BY-NC-SABy Jonathan Borwein (Jon), University of Newcastle and David H. Bailey, University of California, Davis

This has as much in common with actual paleolithic culture as the paleolithic diet does. Flickr/George , CC BY-NC-SABy Darren Curnoe

Kelly Abbott/Flickr, CC BY-NCBy Tim Trudgian, Australian National UniversityConsider a standard pizza box containing a standard circular pizza. How much more would you be willing to pay for a square pizza that filled the box?

Fantasies shouldn't be confused with wishes or behaviors. conrado/ShutterstockBy Christian Joyal, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)Can we use unusual sexual fantasies to identify sexual deviancy? Is there a link between what people fantasize about and how they actually behave?

Roof-top solar panels are just one part of the micropower revolution. Presidency Maldives, CC BY-NCBy Morgan Saletta, University of MelbourneThere is no shortage of shouting and dire warnings about the state of the climate and our need to phase out fossil fuels. But there is a more silent revolution happening too — in micropower.