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
Rosetta mission: A giant leap for humans and robots. Huart, ESABy Natalie Starkey, The Open University
Old fashioned scandals meet new-fangled complexity. Andy Dean PhotographyBy Mark Israel, University of Western Australia
Brand Beckham. Dave Thompson/PA WireBy Tamara Friedrich, University of WarwickVictoria Beckham has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by Management Today. She topped their list of 100 successful entrepreneurs thanks to her fashion company’s turnover, which has grown from £1m to £30m in the past five years, and its employment growth, which has grown from three members of staff to 100 in the same time.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Gavin Andrew Stewart, CC BYBy Arnaud Chevalier, Royal Holloway and Olivier Marie, Maastricht UniversityGermany and the rest of Europe are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the associated communist regimes in Eastern Europe.
No need to say goodbye to the print book. Amy Johansson/ShutterstockBy Andrew Prescott, King's College London“Analog” and “digital” are the two polar opposites of our modern world. The word “analog” has become our catch-all term for what we see as slow, one-way and limited in functional possibilities; while “digital” is our synonym for the dynamic, interactive and fluid.Analog is old; digital new. Paper has always been the epitome of the analogue: a physical medium which can receive, present and preserve information but otherwise remains static and fixed.
As both a word and an idea, 'medieval' carries centuries of connotation of a murky and brutal pre-scientific age. Swanson Scott/US Fish&Wildlife Service By Louise D'Arcens, University of Wollongong and Clare Monagle, Monash University
Dalibor Levíček, CC BY-NC-SABy Mick Reed, University of New EnglandThe Jack the Ripper murders are the most potent cold case ever. More than a century on from the first killing in 1888 they are still attracting global attention.
Air pollution is harming India's wheat farmers. EPABy Zongbo Shi, University of BirminghamResearchers have long known that man-made climate change will harm yields of important crops, possibly causing problems for the world’s food security. But new research shows air pollution doesn’t just harm crops indirectly through climate change; it seems to harm them directly.
Abraham Lincoln. WikipediaBy Joanna Cohen, Queen Mary University of London
Villa Bajo Flores in Buenos Aires. Roy Maconachie, CC BY-SABy Séverine Deneulin, University of Bath and Roy Maconachie, University of Bath
The IPCC is clear on the dangers of fossil fuels. Pete Markham, CC BY-SABy Simon Buckle, Imperial College London
