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Naomi Klein Or Al Gore? Making Sense Of Contrasting Views On Climate Change

Naomi Klein Or Al Gore? Making Sense Of Contrasting Views On Climate Change

Oct 09 2014 | comment(s)


Naomi Klein: To fight climate change, we have to end capitalism. Mariusz Kubik, CC BY

By Matthew Nisbet, Northeastern University

Earth is “f---ed” and our insatiable growth economy is to blame. So argues Naomi Klein in her intentionally provocative best-seller This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.

Zapping The Brain With Tiny Magnetic Pulses Improves Memory

Zapping The Brain With Tiny Magnetic Pulses Improves Memory

Oct 09 2014 | comment(s)


Who doesn't want more brain power? Credit: James Steidl

By Elizabeth Maratos, University of Leicester

The practice of physically stimulating the brain in order to alleviate symptoms of illness and injury has been around since the early 20th century. For example, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still used to alleviate symptoms of depression.

40,000 Year Old Rock Art Found In Indonesia

40,000 Year Old Rock Art Found In Indonesia

Oct 09 2014 | comment(s)


A close up of one of the hand stencils found in the prehistoric caves in Indonesia. Credit: Kinez Riza, Author provided

By Paul S.C.Taçon, Griffith University; Adam Brumm, Griffith University, and Maxime Aubert, Griffith University

Ebola Won’t Gain A Foothold In Western Countries – Here’s Why

Ebola Won’t Gain A Foothold In Western Countries – Here’s Why

Oct 09 2014 | comment(s)


Commotion outside house of infected nurse Teresa Ramos near Madrid. Credit: EPA

By Peter Barlow, Edinburgh Napier University

Masculinity And Terror: The Missing Conversation

Masculinity And Terror: The Missing Conversation

Oct 09 2014 | comment(s)


Violent rhetoric appeals to disaffected young men because it gives them a challenge to express aggression as 'proof' of manhood. Credit: Sillouetted children playing as soldiers/Shutterstock

By David Plummer, Griffith University

Recent coverage of counter-terrorism raids in Australia featured hard-core gyms, anabolic steroids, nightclub bouncers, gangs and weapons. Footage from the Middle East regularly depicts truckloads of young bearded warriors bristling with ordnance.

Nobel Prize In Chemistry: Beating Nature’s Limits To Build Super-microscopes

Nobel Prize In Chemistry: Beating Nature’s Limits To Build Super-microscopes

Oct 09 2014 | comment(s)


Winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry: Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner. Credit: Matt Staley, HHMI / Bernd Schuller, Max-Planck-Institut / K. Lowder

By Mark Lorch, University of Hull

Robert Hooke was a pioneer of microscopy, when back in the 17th century he drew stunning images of insects, plant cells and fossils. Since then microscopes that use light to magnify things we can’t see with the naked eye have, of course, improved. But, surprisingly, 300 years of engineering lenses hasn’t improved things all that much.