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Opinion: If the Super-Rich Want to Live for Ever Our Planet is Truly Doomed
Instead of investing to cheat death, shouldn't we be trying to make old age livable and dignified for all?
Aim Lower: Social Mobility and Higher Education in the Levelling Up Era
Aim Lower: Social Mobility and Higher Education in the Levelling Up Era
Social mobility champions are accused of having ‘lost focus on the role that a socially mobile society should have in matching all members of society into occupations and roles which they are suited for and enjoy, and at which they excel.’ Indeed, they give little attention to ‘the actual aspirations and ambitions of real people’.
How Local Communities Helped Polar Scientists During the Pandemic
Erica Gillis describes the strong connections with residents that helped her colleagues keep working when they couldn't travel.
'Time Team' Could Reveal the Future of Public Engagement
The UK archaeology programme, which is being revived on YouTube, represents an ideal to which other disciplines can aspire.
Luis Miramontes Helped Enable the Sexual Revolution. Why Isn't He Better Known?
By synthesizing norethindrone, one of the first active ingredients in birth control pills, Luis Miramontes helped usher in the sexual revolution.
Europeans Strongly Support Science and Technology According to New Eurobarometer Survey
Europeans Strongly Support Science and Technology According to New Eurobarometer Survey
A new Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology' shows that 9 in 10 EU citizens (86%) think that the overall influence of science and technology is positive.
Mathematicians Discover Music Really Can Be Infectious - Like a Virus
New music download patterns appear to closely resemble epidemic curves for infectious disease, study finds
Scientists Find Evidence of Humans Making Clothes 120,000 Years Ago
Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behaviour.
Evolution is Now Accepted by a Majority of Americans
The level of public acceptance of evolution in the United States is now solidly above the halfway mark, according to a new study based on a series of national public opinion surveys conducted over the last 35 years.
Vaccine Hesitancy is a Symptom of People's Broken Relationship with the State | Nesrine Malik
From A-levels to Pensions, Algorithms Make Easy Targets - but They Aren't to Blame
From A-levels to Pensions, Algorithms Make Easy Targets - but They Aren't to Blame
Poor policy outcomes are not the responsibility of 'mutant maths', but of choices made by people in power.
The Questions Concerning Technology
A set of 41 questions drafted with a view to helping us draw out the moral or ethical implications of our tools.