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What Do World University Rankings Actually Mean?

What Do World University Rankings Actually Mean?

Oct 03 2014 | comment(s)


In third place, Oxford University is the top UK institution in the World University Rankings 2014-15. Image:  Andrew Matthews/PA Archive

By Steven C. Ward, Western Connecticut State University

From the “best beaches” to the “best slice of pizza” to the best hospital to have cardiac surgery in, we are inundated with a seemingly never-ending series of reports ranking everything that can be ranked and even things that probably shouldn’t be.

Fossilized Bite Marks Show How Ancient Reptiles Battled Across Land And Water

Fossilized Bite Marks Show How Ancient Reptiles Battled Across Land And Water

Oct 03 2014 | comment(s)


Phytosaur: still got it. Credit: BFS Man, CC BY

By Stephanie Drumheller, University of Tennessee; Michelle Stocker, Virginia Tech, and Sterling Nesbitt, Virginia Tech

10 Mistakes We All Make When Interpreting Research

10 Mistakes We All Make When Interpreting Research

Oct 03 2014 | comment(s)


Oh no – not that mistake again. Credit: Flickr/Alex Proimos, CC BY-NC

By Will J Grant, Australian National University and Rod Lamberts, Australian National University

5 Ways To Stop The World’s Wildlife From Vanishing

5 Ways To Stop The World’s Wildlife From Vanishing

Oct 02 2014 | comment(s)


Going, going, gone: wildlife like the loris are disappearing. Credit: N. A. Naseer, CC BY-NC-ND

By Paul Jepson, University of Oxford

Why Crowdfunding Publisher Unbound Poses A Threat To Literary Prizes

Why Crowdfunding Publisher Unbound Poses A Threat To Literary Prizes

Oct 01 2014 | comment(s)


Giving publishing power to the people. Credit: Thinglass/Shutterstock

By Gillian Rudd, University of Liverpool

How Myths And Tabloids Feed On Anomalies In Science

How Myths And Tabloids Feed On Anomalies In Science

Oct 01 2014 | comment(s)


The need for caution when any anomaly is revealed in new research. Credit: Flickr/Adam Gerard, CC BY-NC-SA

By Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University

UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by research and how does it help inform our understanding of things? What if research throws up a result that calls for a new way of thinking? How do we handle that?