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...