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The past present and future of the food
16/11/2016 - 18:42
WHY ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF 'GOOD' AND 'BAD' FOOD ALWAYS CHANGING? It’s fundamental to the nature of science that nothing is ever ‘... →
Men and Women are from Two Different Planets
12/11/2016 - 13:46
One of the most influential studies in the field, published in 2001 by pioneering personality researchers Paul Costa, Robert McCrae and... →
What would happen if the world suddenly went vegetarian
06/11/2016 - 21:31
Jarvis and other experts at the centre hypothesised what might happen if meat dropped off the planet’s menu overnight. First, they examined... →
GMOs and Engineered Food
01/11/2016 - 17:22
The Situation Two decades after engineered crops were first sold to Americans, President Barack Obama in late July signed into law a... →
The myth of the mob
28/10/2016 - 14:00
Political rallies can also become violent, although they often begin peacefully enough. Then there are spontaneous riots, usually sparked... →
Four ways that other people can warp your memory
23/10/2016 - 13:59
These are not rare events. Every time you have a conversation, you are inviting someone to ghost-write bits of your autobiography. It... →
The Problems of Too Many Choices
16/10/2016 - 14:06
Successes like Whitaker’s are unsurprising to Barry Schwartz, Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore... →
Cohesion in the animal world
11/10/2016 - 13:43
The study, the results of which are published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to provide evidence for why consistency... →
Limit to human life
06/10/2016 - 14:13
But while some scientists have praised the study, others have labelled it a dismal travesty. Life expectancy has been increasing... →
The benefits of going bald
02/10/2016 - 12:40
Alas, it didn’t work. He lost his hair like many great men before and since, including Socrates, Napoleon, Aristotle, Gandhi, Darwin,... →
Earth's Atmospheric Oxygen Levels Continue Long Slide
27/09/2016 - 12:32
However, models of past atmospheric oxygen levels often markedly disagree, differing by as much as about 20 percent of Earth's atmosphere,... →
Judging levels of drunkenness
22/09/2016 - 12:58
Professor Simon Moore from Cardiff University said: “This has very important implications for how we might work to reduce excessive alcohol... →

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