For universities, making the case for diversity is part of making amends for racist past
Aug 13, 2018 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Trump administration recently announced plans to scrap Obama-era guidelines that encouraged universities to consider race as a factor to promote diversity on campus, claiming the guidelines advocate policy preferences...
Antidepressants are changing animals' behaviour – and we're using technology to find out how
Aug 13, 2018 14:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Antidepressants dont just affect human libidos. New research shows that female starlings fed food spiked with the antidepressant fluxoxetine (Prozac), were less attractive to males and so less likely to mate. This is the...
Language: 'untranslatable' words tell us more about English speakers than other cultures
Aug 13, 2018 14:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
When the word hygge became popular outside Denmark a few years ago, it seemed the perfect way to express the feeling of wrapping yourself up in a crocheted blanket with a cosy jumper, a cup of tea and back-to-back episodes...
Why hospital architects need to talk to nurses
Aug 13, 2018 14:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Many of us pay close attention to how our taxes are spent, and how well governments invest in infrastructure projects such as roads, schools and hospitals. Value for money is key. Yet horror stories of waste, lateness and...
We live in a populist age – but who are 'the people'?
Aug 13, 2018 14:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Populism is seemingly sweeping the globe, threatening the established status quo. Optimistically, it promises to bring about much needed change to what appears to be a corrupt political and economic order. More ominously,...
Belo Monte: there is nothing green or sustainable about these mega-dams
Aug 13, 2018 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
There are few dams in the world that capture the imagination as much as Belo Monte, built on the Big Bend of the Xingu river in the Brazilian Amazon. Its construction has involved an army of 25,000 workers working round...
UK wildfires: prevention is more than a fire service issue
Aug 13, 2018 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The huge moorland fires at Saddleworth and Winter Hill in northwest England have shown just how serious a problem wildfires can be in the UK. Now the fires are out, it is time to look at how such catastrophes can be...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects