The Conversation

By Lucy Thompson One track stands out on the rereleased edition of Taylor Swift’s iconic album, 1989. In Slut!, Swift addresses her encounters with slut-shaming – behaviour that shames women who ...

Matthew Ahmadi and Emmanuel Stamatakis explain how 22 minutes of exercise a day could reduce the health risks of the sedentary People in developed countries spend an average of nine to ...

By Jane O’Connor Britney Spears’ new memoir, The Woman in Me, illustrates once again the potential lifelong damage that can be caused by being a child star. Like many ...

Laura Lander, King’s College London and Grazia Todeschini, King’s College London Electric cars are getting bigger and heavier. In 2019, 30% of the electric vehicle (EV) models available worldwide were ...

Lisa Smithstead looks at how she survived Hollywood before #MeToo Vivien Leigh’s achievements in cinema were extraordinary. Known for her glamour and beauty, the actress rose from a bit-part ...

Climate change may make Bordeaux red wines stronger and tastier, but the outlook is mixed elsewhere in Europe says Andrew Wood It’s harvest time again for most of Europe’...

By Benedict Carpenter van Barthold From the end of Antiquity (5th century CE) until about 1250, image-makers were more or less anonymous craftspeople. Traditional images from the Byzantine world dominated art ...

By Nadia Ameli, Femke Nijsse, and Jean-Francois Mercure In pursuit of the ambitious goal of reaching net-zero emissions, nations worldwide must expand their use of clean energy sources. In the ...

There’s plenty of good reasons to recommend everyone include a handful of nuts in the food they eat each day By Boris Hansel, Diana Kadouch, Jérémy Puyraimond-Zemmour ...

TikTok trend exposes the way we gender history says DOMINIC JANES How often do you think about the Roman empire? This question, posed to men by their partners on social ...

By Sergio Flores Villar The effects of prolonged screen use during childhood have been extensively studied in recent years. Evidence indicates that excessive screen time is harmful both to neurological ...

By Maxime Lefebvre The day after the barbaric attacks by Hamas on Israel, the EU’s Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Oliver Varhelyi of Hungary, announced the suspension of ...

By Richard Gater There seem to be as many interpretations of what ‘toxic masculinity’ means as there are uses of the term. Some believe it’s a way to criticise ...

By Alice Brock Halloween is the spookiest time of the year. However, as you prepare to send shivers down the spines of your friends and family, you may not have ...

By Lauren Ball and Emily Burch A beauty trend gaining popularity on TikTok, dubbed the “carrot tan”, claims eating three carrots a day will give you a natural tan. But ...

How do we know the energy content of food, and how accurate are the labels? By Lauren Ball, Emily Burch and Katelyn Barnes Everything we consume contains energy our bodies ...

By Chris Dawson One difference between men and women has been well documented by economists, psychologists and biologists – that women tend to be more cautious and take fewer risks. Evidence ...

As Sarah Burton leaves Alexander McQueen, NAOMI BRAITHWAITE explores her legacy through five iconic designs Sarah Burton, the creative director for Alexander McQueen, has announced that she is leaving the ...

By Fiona Woollard Like many celebrity divorces, the split of Sophie Turner and singer Joe Jonas has been accompanied by a flurry of rumours. It was reported that the breakup ...

Law expert Dale Mitchell ranks legal dramas by their accuracy FROM Elle Woods in Legally Blonde to Jennifer Walters in She-Hulk, Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird to Denny ...

By Nareg Seferian The United States’ top humanitarian aid representative, Samantha Power, was dispatched on a fact-finding mission on Sept. 26, 2023, to a registration point on the border with Armenia for ...

By Garret Martin When it comes to shutdowns, the U.S. is very much an exception rather than the rule. Save for a last-minute spending deal in Congress on Oct. 1, 2023, ...

By Nick Fuller Our metabolism is the force inside our bodies that mysteriously decides whether to convert the food we eat into a burst of energy, or extra kilos on ...

The UK seems much more reluctant than the EU to let this industry flourish says Pattanapong Tiwasing Like it or not, there are lots of good arguments for eating insects – ...