Fracking: the simple test for whether it should happen in the UK
Fracking in the UK has a difficult history – economic theory suggests that whether fracking should occur is a simple case of consent and compensation.
Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
• conversation
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~6 min
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~6 min
Medical guidelines that embrace the humility of uncertainty could help doctors choose treatments with more research evidence behind them
How doctors care for their patients is highly influenced by clinical guidelines. Recommendations based on anecdotal experience or poor data can harm patients.
Robert Centor, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham •
conversation
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~8 min
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~8 min
Nobel prize: physicists share prize for insights into the spooky world of quantum mechanics
The discovery that particles can be spookily connected has lead to a technological revolution.
Robert Young, Professor of Physics and Director of the Lancaster Quantum Technology Centre, Lancaster University
• conversation
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~7 min
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~7 min
Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised
Pork producers are challenging a California law that animal welfare advocates call the most important measure for farm animal protection in decades.
David Favre, Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law, Michigan State University •
conversation
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~10 min
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~10 min
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