Articles: Science & Technology

Are hospitals going up in smoke?
/ December 7, 2014

Are hospitals going up in smoke?

Dalia Hasan talks about the need for preventative medicine in Britain's hospitals

Get the Frack out of Romania!
/ July 6, 2013

Get the Frack out of Romania!

Governments focus on fracking's economic advantages -- and ignore the vocal protests of their constituents

Missing Women
/ April 22, 2013

Missing Women

Why the number of sex selective abortions is having such an impact on Indian society

More Complex than Life-or-Death
/ April 22, 2013

More Complex than Life-or-Death

An evaluation of how people behave and why when faced with evacuation and natural disasters

The Door Wide Open
/ November 1, 2012

The Door Wide Open

Calls for free access to scientific research look set to revolutionise academic publishing

A Force of Change
/ November 1, 2012

A Force of Change

Advances in mechanobiology offer a new approach to old problems

Observing the Afterglow
/ November 1, 2012

Observing the Afterglow

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope offers some dazzling new results from the Chilean desert

The Online Revolution
/ June 25, 2012

The Online Revolution

Free online education has great potential for impact in both the developing and western world

Tuberculosis in North Korea
/ May 8, 2012

Tuberculosis in North Korea

International health diplomacy as a potential entrance to effectively engaging with North Korea

Africa’s Fight in Peril
/ May 8, 2012

Africa’s Fight in Peril

Just as scientific advances suggest that we can end the pandemic, broken promises and retrenchment of donor funds threaten progress