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Thanks, Jurassic World: Science Fiction Drives Research Funding

Thanks, Jurassic World: Science Fiction Drives Research Funding

Jun 12 2015 | comment(s)

The park is almost open. Two decades on and Jurassic Park has morphed into Jurassic World, the one and only dinosaur theme park.

Science has apparently evolved too: the genetically-engineered dinosaurs are to take a secondary role to a new star of the show, a genetically-engineered hybrid, worryingly named Indominus Rex.

Undoubtedly, chaos will ensue.

Transgenic Pest Control: Modified Mosquitoes Put A Stop To Dengue Fever

Transgenic Pest Control: Modified Mosquitoes Put A Stop To Dengue Fever

Jun 12 2015 | comment(s)

Dengue is a virus spread via the Aedes aegypti mosquito that infects as many as 100 million people annually in more than 100 tropical countries worldwide.

It causes fevers, extreme headaches, and muscle and joint pains. In a few extreme cases, leakage of blood plasma through the walls of small blood vessels into the body cavity occurs, resulting in bleeding.

This is known as dengue hemorrhagic fever.
It's Hard To Fix A Student's Mindset About Their Own Intelligence

It's Hard To Fix A Student's Mindset About Their Own Intelligence

Jun 12 2015 | comment(s)

How children think about their own ability can affect their progress and achievement at school, according to a number of education scholars. 

The work of Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck and her concept of “mindset” has been particularly influential in the way teachers are trying to change their pupils' views of their own intelligence.

What The 'Dad Bod' Phenomenon Says About Media And Culture

What The 'Dad Bod' Phenomenon Says About Media And Culture

Jun 11 2015 | comment(s)

Everyone, it seems, has been talking about “dad bod” – what defines it, who possesses it and whether or not women actually love it.

It all began with an innocuous article on a college news website, penned by a Clemson University student named Mackenzie Pearson.

“The dad bod is a nice balance between a beer gut and working out,” she wrote. “While we all love a sculpted guy, there is just something about the dad bod that makes boys seem more human, natural, and attractive.”

Pearson’s post first made the rounds on social media, before receiving mainstream media attention.

Disabled People Pay For Sex Too: What Happens When Buying It Is Criminalized But Selling Isn't?

Disabled People Pay For Sex Too: What Happens When Buying It Is Criminalized But Selling Isn't?

Jun 11 2015 | comment(s)

Northern Ireland recently changed the law to criminalize the act of paying for sex. This follows a trend set in Sweden, where selling sex is legal but buying it is criminalized.

Jurassic World: Pre-1980s Understanding Of Dinosaurs For An Audience Of 2015

Jurassic World: Pre-1980s Understanding Of Dinosaurs For An Audience Of 2015

Jun 11 2015 | comment(s)

Jurassic World brings to life the fantasy of an amusement park where genetically engineered dinosaurs are the main attraction, as first imagined in the original book, then movie Jurassic Park back in 1993. This fourth movie in the franchise, in cinemas from today, is certainly action-packed, although there are a number of opportunities missed when it comes to how these beasts are represented.