‘Neuroecologists’ are not made of straw

Neuroecologists' are not made of straw.

Most Real Bars are Not Made by the Bar Instability

Having once thought that we understood how some galaxies were barred and had difficulty accounting for the absence of bars in others, it now seems that we have the opposite problem. Most real galaxies have centres dense enough to inhibit bar formation, even if they have massive discs. This is also true for barred galaxies, which therefore could not have acquired their bars as a result of a self...

What are Little Boys Made of, Made of

Given that educators increasingly have to integrate social and moral education within the general curriculum, this paper considers ways in which the visual arts may or may not be a useful resource for challenging the stereotypical preconceptions about gender and sexual identity held by many people in a post-industrial, intercultural society. Focusing on Tate Britain’s inaugural exhibition for t...

Are we made of aliens?

What Are Grades Made Of?

T he term “grade inflation” covers a multitude of phenomena, some of which are even alleged to be sins. Continuing increases in average grades have been widely documented in many universities over the last several decades (for example, Sabot and Wakeman-Linn, 1991; Johnson, 2003). Conversely, cases of grade deflation are rare and short-lived, although in some settings, such as first-year law co...