When beauty matters: the politics of how we look
25 August 2016Questions of beauty and its politics will be discussed at a summer school and conference next week (30 August to 3 September 2016). Participants will examine...
Astronomers identify a young heavyweight star in the Milky Way
22 August 2016A young star over 30 times more massive than the Sun could help us understand how the most extreme stars in the Universe are born.
Have we misunderstood post-traumatic stress disorder?
19 August 2016In understanding war-related post-traumatic stress disorder, a person’s cultural and professional context is just as important as how they cope with witnessing wartime events, which...
Flamenco: what happens when a grassroots musical genre becomes a marker of culture
18 August 2016What happens when a musical genre becomes an identifier for a region? In his book Flamenco, Regionalism and Musical Heritage in Southern Spain, Matthew...
Opinion: How your body clock helps determine whether you’ll get ill or not
17 August 2016Akhilesh Reddy (Department of Clinical Neurosciences) discusses how circadian rhythms can affect whether you get the flu.
Opinion: Exam results: how mindfulness can help you make better life choices
16 August 2016Julieta Galante (Department of Psychiatry) discusses how self-observation can help you choose a career path.
Time of day influences our susceptibility to infection, study finds
15 August 2016We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and spread...
Aesthetics over athletics when it comes to women in sport
12 August 2016Men are two to three times more likely than women to be mentioned when it comes to discussing sport and sporting achievement, according to new...
Beyond the harem: ways to be a woman during the Ottoman Empire
12 August 2016A new volume of essays looks afresh at women’s lives during the 600 years of the Ottoman empire. The book challenges the stereotypes of female...
Virus attracts bumblebees to infected plants by changing scent
11 August 2016Study of bee-manipulating plant virus reveals a “short-circuiting” of natural selection. Researchers suggest that replicating the scent caused by infection could encourage declining bee populations...