How the Grand Canyon changed our ideas of natural beauty
Mar 21, 2016 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Few sights are as instantly recognizable, and few sites speak more fully to American nationalism. Standing on the South Rim in 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed it one of the great sights every American should...
Is 'internet addiction’ a misnomer?
Mar 21, 2016 14:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A recent study by Phil Reed and colleagues provides some experimental evidence that internet addicts may be conditioned by what they view on the screen. I was the first person in the world to publish an academic paper...
Let's stop with the frozen food snobbery
Mar 18, 2016 15:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Its fair to say that frozen food has a bit of an image problem. One in three Britons believe it is inferior to fresh food, and 43% say that nothing could persuade them to buy more frozen fare. Confidence in the sector was...
Grand Theft Auto doesn't cause crime, but poverty and alienation will
Mar 18, 2016 10:50 am UTC| Life Entertainment
Auto related crimes have increased 20 per cent in Melbourne over the last five years with police citing 16,000 cars stolen in 2015. And Victorias Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton is reportedly attributing a rise in thefts...
A look inside the Czech Republic's booming fertility holiday industry
Mar 18, 2016 00:04 am UTC| Life
In 2008, a friend sent me a link to a Czech company called IVF Holiday. Clicking the link, I saw images of quaint European towns. These were accompanied by pictures of smiling white babies and promises of affordable and...
How do children decide what's fair?
Mar 17, 2016 23:53 pm UTC| Life
Should a teacher reward a whole class for the good deeds of one student? What about the other side of the discipline picture: should a whole class be punished for the misdeeds of just a few students? As adults, we care...
How serious is inbreeding in show dogs?
Mar 17, 2016 23:12 pm UTC| Life
A German shepherd with a sloping back that was awarded best of breed brought the dog show Crufts in for this years annual bout of criticism. Viewers took to social media to accuse the owner of animal cruelty by suggesting...
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