How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? Biologist Sean…
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Class is not only one of the oldest and most controversial of all concepts in social science, but a topic which has fascinated, amused, incensed and galvanized the general public, too. But what exactly is a ‘class’? How do sociologists study…
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Craig Barfoot talks to Julian Assange. Wikileaks came to prominence in 2010 with the release of 251,287 top-secret State Department cables, which revealed to the world what the US government really thinks about national leaders, friendly dictators, and supposed allies.
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Most of the study of economics deals with commodity markets, where the price of a good connects sellers and buyers. But what about other kinds of “goods,” like a kidney or a surrogacy arrangement. This is the territory of matching markets,…
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We have a lifetime’s association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the…
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Podcast produced and presented by Craig Barfoot Cloning extinct species – such as woolly mammoths – presents massive ethical as well as practical challenges. And at the moment there is no legal oversight of the issues. Beth Shapiro, author of…
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Drones are widely used in the ‘war on terror’. Unmanned airplanes with hellfire missiles on board, controlled from another country, they kill from the sky. Drones and drone warfare are highly controversial – on ethical, legal and utilitarian grounds – as Andrew…
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Is it possible to describe the origins of the universe, dark matter, planets, alien worlds, particle physics, galaxies and telescopes in just 1000 words? Yes, says astrophysicist, Dr Roberto Trotta in this interview with Craig Barfoot. Roberto Trotta, Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics…
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Globalisation has improved nutrition and child mortality, increased income and life expectancy. But turbo-charged globalisation contains systemic risks – growing inequality, pandemics, cyber and terrorist attacks. Are our international institutions up to the challenge?
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Child and family therapist Dr Marilyn Wedge talks to Craig Barfoot about her latest book, A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic. Over the course of her career as a child and family therapist, Marilyn Wedge has witnessed an ‘astronomical…
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