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Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?
History & The Arts

Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?

...become central to the debate – the morality of people who use the website and the hackers. But what about the morality of the marketers? We’ve stopped questioning the use of sex to sell things, but what about when marketing is used to sell illicit sex? Avid Life Media appears to have been making money both out of people’s desire to engage in dishonest behaviour –...
Do sperm whales speak with local accents?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do sperm whales speak with local accents?

...becomes to interact with others outside your group. One big ocean – so why the different clans? Back to whales. In the latest study, Maurício Cantor, Hal Whitehead and their colleagues show that cultural difference is the best way to explain why sperm whales live in multilevel societies. This social structure is best described as having several levels of organisation....
Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?

...become central to the British parliamentary tradition, and also enjoys something of a cult status abroad, where the sight of grown men and women goading, braying, and heckling one another is greeted with a mixture of puzzlement and wonder. At its most volatile, PMQs is a bear pit. As the Guardian journalist Michael White pointed out in the 1990s, “little more...
How Volkswagen got caught cheating emissions tests by a clean air NGO
Science, Maths & Technology

How Volkswagen got caught cheating emissions tests by a clean air NGO

...becoming less central. Unanswered questions For VW itself, apart from the massive loss of share value in recent days, its corporate social and environmental responsibility has taken a severe knock. Diesel cars represent a large proportion of new car sales in Europe and also of vehicles in use. Many of these will be Volkswagen Group vehicles bought by people who probably...
How long will you live if you stop eating and drinking?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How long will you live if you stop eating and drinking?

...become cut off from artificial sustenance, death ensues within 10-14 days. Keep in mind that these individuals are in a coma and completely immobile, thereby consuming the lowest amount of energy possible. It can thus be surmised that the same conditions (no food or water) in a person who is at least somewhat active, and who may perspire, would only lead to a much swifter...
What is the zika virus?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the zika virus?

...becoming mirrored by increasingly intensive research efforts. There are several salient, but as yet unanswered, questions. Is the association with microcephaly real, or is the Brazilian microcephaly spike just a parallel epidemic caused by something else? Why was microcephaly not reported in the Pacific island outbreaks? If the microcephaly association is proved, what...
Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in

...become more central and she discovers romantic feelings. And it also sounds like groundwork being laid for a sequel centered on Riley’s pubescent years. The trailer for Pixar’s Inside Out. Transcript To read about whether or not Inside Out accurately depicts how memory works, click here. [The Conversation] Jane Timmons-Mitchell, Associate Clinical Professor of...
Are the Orlando murders part of a public health emergency?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are the Orlando murders part of a public health emergency?

...become numb to gun violence. And just this weekend, he said: “to actively do nothing is a decision as well.” While mass shootings galvanize the nation’s attention, a sad truth is that mass shootings represent a very small proportion of total firearm homicides in U.S. In 2012, fewer than one percent of firearm homicide victims were killed in mass shootings, defined...