The Plague Killed killed off a giant swath of the population but those who survived saw better lives across the board, because there were so few left to work. And rabbits, once the gifts of kings, were suddenly everywhere.
India's sterilization program focuses on women. EPA/STRBy Sabu S Padmadas, University of Southampton
Kakadu National Park, Australia. Rita Willaert/Flickr, CC BY-NCBy Bob Pressey, James Cook University and Euan Ritchie, Deakin University
The bobtail squid and bioluminscent bacteria are just one of hundreds of examples of mutualism. Klaus Stiefel/Flickr, CC BY-NCBy Alex Jordan, University of Texas at Austin
Whether playing video games has negative effects is something that has been debated for 30 years, in much the same way that rock and roll, television, and even the novel faced much the same criticisms in their time.Purported negative effects such as addiction, increased aggression, and various health consequences such as obesity and repetitive strain injuries tend to get far more media coverage than the positives. I know from my own research examining both sides that my papers on video game addiction receive far more publicity than my research into the social benefits of, for example, playing online role-playing games.
Instead of dying out, Anti-Semitic myths have withstood the test of time.By Asa Simon Mittman, California State University, Chico
When is a cat not a cat? Biodiversity Heritage Library (adapted), CC BYBy Ben Holt, Imperial College London and Knud Andreas Jønsson, Imperial College London
Different people behave in different ways behind the wheel of a car. Flickr/Nuno Sousa, CC BY-NC-NDBy Vanessa Beanland, Australian National University and Martin Sellbom, Australian National University
Blaming 'Jordan syndrome' doesn't really cut it. British celebrity Katie Price (R) on the red carpet before the start of the Vienna State Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria, 11 February 2010. Robert Jaeger/EPABy Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor, University of Leicester
Sharon Stone, in Basic Instinct, dramatized the catastrophic actions of a clever yet unhinged woman. EPA/ Peter FoleyBy Suzie GibsonMental illness and women’s sexuality are frequently aligned – on screen and off. The father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, pathologized women’s sexuality. Indeed, his definition of a woman as someone lacking a penis has underwritten depictions of women’s sexuality.Countless novels, films and TV programs continually pathologize women through and because of their sexuality.
10 Earths could be laid across the diameter of the gigantic sunspot in AR2191 during its previous rotation, captured on October 23, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamic ObservatoryBy Paul Cally, Monash UniversityThe largest sunspot seen in 24 years is rotating back to face the Earth, and it looks to have grown even bigger.
Rosetta: Firing harpoons in space. ESA/ATG medialabBy Alan Fitzsimmons, Queen's University BelfastThe first attempted landing on the surface of a comet is a huge landmark in the history of space exploration that will not only uncover further details about comets but could unlock further clues about the origins of our solar system and the development of life on Earth.
