Volcano season. Some think it's the time of the year. Credit: EPA By Robin Wylie, University College London The Earth seems to have been smoking a lot recently. Volcanoes are currently erupting in…

The government says the unemployment level is back at 2009 levels - but they use a metric that no one outside government would consider valid, namely how many people collect unemployment checks.…

The very small is very weird; I explained that the last time in Small Is Ugly 1 already with help of the example of water being in the driest of places (Vastness and Fastness of the Small helps…

There's a common trope in Hollywood celebrities who gain weight and receive attention for it. They talk about how much healthier and better they feel about themselves at higher weight - and then they…

Antidepressants are the most commonly used treatment for social anxiety disorder but we know they don't work for many people and their efficacy goes down over time. New research finds they are not…

Healthy food might be bad for patients. Food for thought. Photo by By Amanda Squire, Cardiff Metropolitan University Imagine you are feeling unwell, in pain, lonely and worried about your future…

The appeal of artificial photosynthesis, in which the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide is used to produce clean, green and sustainable fuels, is that we can turn an atmospheric…

UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and actor Emma Watson launched the HeForShe Campaign at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 20th. Credit: EPA/JASON SZENES By Evita March, Federation…

Taking over one neuron at a time. Credit: viipeer, CC BY-NC-SA By Nick Bostrom, University of Oxford Biological brains are unlikely to be the final stage of intelligence. Machines already have…

Sympathetic or jealous? Credit: Belly by Shutterstock By Arthur Brennan, St George's, University of London Harry Ashby, the 29-year-old security guard who was signed off work with morning sickness,…