Literature scholars love to debate Shakespeare. Like 'the greatest baseball player of all time' everyone can have an opinion and they are all just as valid, if even a modicum of thought went into it…

AirAsia 8501 - More Bodies Retrieved, More Data Released Detik News reports that there was some difficulty in relocating the fuselage.  Sidescan sonar was used and the fuselage was discovered "a…

Let's be honest, review articles are popular because they are easier than studies. Studies can take months or years and require methodology, money and expertise. A review just means finding other…

In an interview of wealthy Norwegian business elites, mothers talked freely about their everyday lives - and why being wealthy enough to not have to work is important to many of them.  Among the…

Look lively! Stokkete/Shutterstock By Clive Brown, University of Leeds After a very drawn out and fraught construction, the Philharmonie de Paris is finally open. The 2,400 seat concert hall was…

They're suspected al-Shabaab militants – but probably not ivory traders. UN, CC BY-NC-SA By Diogo Veríssimo, Georgia State University It is often said that if something is repeated often enough, it…

These semi-serious but mostly joking statements are based on my observations as a student and as a Adjunct Professor at community colleges.  Thinking about the initiative to give school through…

There is a gender gap in some fields of academia. Some are skewed heavily toward women and some are skewed heavily toward men, though some have too little variation to be meaningful. But why are…

Last week's terrorist attacks in Paris were religiously-based and they have brought to the fore an issue that France, and most of Europe, had chosen to ignore: determining how prevalent religious…

Can you dance like Robbie Williams? It would go down great in a lecture hall. Jonathan Brady/PA Archive By Justin O'Brien, Royal Holloway In his anthemic Let me entertain you, Robbie Williams urges…