What your choice of degree means for your future earnings

Apr 14, 2016 01:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

The mass expansion of higher education, the arrival of high fees in English and Welsh universities, the ongoing technology revolution and the Great Recession have pushed and pulled the graduate labour market in contrasting...

TV-watching couch potatoes have outsized energy footprint

Apr 12, 2016 13:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

It is alluringly easy to use averages, but when most of a group is far from average, they can lead us astray. This is no less true in the area of energy consumption. Consider for example the ubiquitous yellow labels in...

You really can die of a broken heart – here's the science

Apr 12, 2016 13:15 pm UTC| Health Life

When you think of a broken heart, you probably picture something out of a romantic movie or a cartoon heart, cracked like a fragile piece of china. Indeed, so-called broken heart syndrome has a certified place in popular...

Pleasure, porn and power: rethinking sex and disability

Apr 12, 2016 12:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Is sexual attraction to curving spines, scarred stumps, leg braces and prostheses any different to finding large breasts, small waists, and long legs appealing? Devotees dont think so. If you dont know, a (disability)...

Retirees, don't worry about your health deteriorating – leaving work can be good for you

Apr 12, 2016 06:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Life

A few years ago, my mother had a bit of a crisis in the lead-up to her retirement. She struggled with her self-worth, perceived value to society and fears of boredom. Shes not alone in her worry. The literature suggests...

The future for frogs looks bleak, unless humans change their habits

Apr 12, 2016 02:04 am UTC| Life

Amphibians, the oldest group of land vertebrates, are regarded as the most threatened across the globe. From Brazils tropical rain forests, to Canadas temperate boreal forests, from fresh streams in the Alps to Australias...

Is there a place for dogs in public space, or must they make do with 'dog parks'?

Apr 12, 2016 01:26 am UTC| Life

Who let the dogs out? Im sure one of us did! In saying this, you might not have ever chosen to domesticate dogs, but we as a species did. Likewise, you might not feel any obligation towards dogs indeed, you might not...