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
Dave ‘Bear’ Duerson, 22, in action. Credit: PABy Jordan Gaines Lewis, Penn State College of MedicineAh, football. The great American pastime.The freshly cut grass and crisply-painted yard lines. The sound of helmets clashing in an epic stack of large men vying for a single ball. Stands packed high with thousands upon thousands of crazed, prideful, body-painted fanatics. Dementia, confusion, and depression.Wait, what? That last bit may not be present on game day, but for many football players, it’s brewing all along – with every clash, tackle, and fall.
Credit: Flickr/Steve Jurvetson, CC BYBy Kelly E Matthews, The University of QueenslandResearch suggests science graduates are struggling with essential quantitative skills and science degree programs are to blame.Quantitative skills are the bread and butter of science. More than calculating right answers, quantitative skills are defined by applying mathematical and statistical reasoning to scientific and everyday problems.
Norway to the rescue? Credit: Travis Lupick, CC BY-NC-SABy Steffen Böhm, University of Essex and Katharine Rockett, University of Essex
Just don't forget to listen scientists too. Credit: EPABy Toby Miller, Cardiff UniversityWho should political leaders follow when it comes to climate change: environmental scientists, powerful corporations, or a million marchers? Sometimes the three groups disagree, sometimes they concur; but even then, their claims to authority are based on different and frequently conflicting ideas. The recent United Nations climate summit highlighted the confusion over how best to make progress.
It may already be too late to stop Antarctic ice sliding into the ocean. Credit: EPABy Eelco Rohling, University of SouthamptonIce sheets respond slowly to changes in climate, because they are so massive that they themselves dominate the climate conditions over and around them. But once they start flowing faster towards the shore and melting into the ocean the process takes centuries to reverse. Ice sheets are nature’s freight trains: tough to start moving, even harder to stop.
Phil Mickelson tees off at Gleneagles. Credit: EPABy Tony Westbury, Edinburgh Napier University Medinah Country Club, Chicago, Ryder Cup 2012. There were six short feet between Martin Kaymer and the 18th hole. This was the moment. No other player, no spectator, none of the many millions watching on television would have dared breathe. The seconds stretched as the German composed himself for his final shot.
Volcano season. Some think it's the time of the year. Credit: EPABy Robin Wylie, University College London
Healthy food might be bad for patients. Food for thought. Photo by By Amanda Squire, Cardiff Metropolitan University
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and actor Emma Watson launched the HeForShe Campaign at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 20th. Credit: EPA/JASON SZENESBy Evita March, Federation University AustraliaIn less than a week since actor Emma Watson’s stirring United Nations speech on gender inequality, two big things have happened – but you’ve probably only heard about one of them.
Taking over one neuron at a time. Credit: viipeer, CC BY-NC-SABy Nick Bostrom, University of Oxford
Sympathetic or jealous? Credit: Belly by ShutterstockBy Arthur Brennan, St George's, University of LondonHarry Ashby, the 29-year-old security guard who was signed off work with morning sickness, cravings, a growing stomach and breasts during his girlfriend’s pregnancy, was told he had Couvade syndrome.
Surprises in the dark. Credit: NASA GSFC, CC BYBy Rene Breton, University of Southampton
