Your smartphone apps are tracking your every move – 4 essential reads

Dec 16, 2018 13:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

If you have a smartphone, it probably is a significant part of your life, storing appointments and destinations as well as being central to your communications with friends, loved ones and co-workers. Research and...

These 'useless' quirks of evolution are actually evidence for the theory

Dec 16, 2018 13:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Evolution is a fascinating field but can be rife with misunderstanding. One misconception is that evolution has some innate sense of direction or purpose. In reality, evolution is a mindless, plan-free phenomenon, driven...

Psychotherapy can make you richer - especially if you are a man

Dec 16, 2018 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Psychotherapy is good for mental health, but it can be very expensive too. As economists we try to carefully model and evaluate the monetary effects of different actions and policies. So, for our recent study we decided to...

Prison is expensive – worth remembering when we oppose parole

Dec 16, 2018 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The parole board recently decided to grant the release of David McGreavy, who in 1973, aged 21, murdered and mutilated three children and impaled their bodies on railings at their home in which he was a lodger. He was...

The problem of drinking in pregnancy – and what to do about it

Dec 16, 2018 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Last year, it was reported that the UK has one of the worst rates of drinking while pregnant in Europe. These figures come from a study which shows 41% of women in the UK drank alcohol during their pregnancy. Among UK...

How a no-deal Brexit may affect each part of the traditional Christmas dinner

Dec 16, 2018 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The traditional Christmas dinner in Britain is commonly roast turkey, roast potatoes, parsnips and carrots, Brussels sprouts with chestnuts, cranberry sauce, and pigs in blankets (sausages wrapped in bacon). Heres how a...

Erectile dysfunction: exercise could be the solution

Dec 16, 2018 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Men with erectile dysfunction can improve their sexual function with 40 minutes of aerobic exercise, four times a week, according to our latest review of the evidence. We reviewed all international studies carried out...