The Conversation

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 – ...

By Michael Mantzios and Kyriaki Giannou When we think of the best ways to reduce stress, we might picture activities such as exercise or meditation. But while these pursuits certainly ...

30 years after it first aired, the show has left a legacy says Bethan Jones On September 10, 1993 the pilot episode of The X-Files aired. Thirty years later to the day, I ...

By Christa van Raalte and Richard Wallis The presenter, comedian and actor Russell Brand is at the centre of a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 ...

Perhaps we should expect less from the UN instead By Tamsin Phillipa Paige Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lambasted the UN Security Council yet again, saying in a speech this ...

CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR reveals what it smelled like To be human is to wonder what happens after we die. Is there an afterlife? If so, what does it look like? ...

By Katie Kapurch Ariel and Barbie have quite a bit in common: They’re both frozen in time, and they both yearn to live as humans do. The fantastic seascapes ...

And does it make a difference if it’s a processed burger or a lean steak asks Katherine Livingstone A juicy burger is a staple in many diets. Yet research ...

NASA’s independent study team released its highly anticipated report on UFOs on Sept. 14, 2023. In part to move beyond the stigma often attached to UFOs, where military pilots fear ridicule ...

By Vanessa Barolsky and Yin Paradies Truth-telling is a key demand in the Uluru Statement and is seen as a vital step for a treaty. However, there has been ongoing ...

Short naps can improve memory, increase productivity, reduce stress and promote a healthier heart says STEVEN BENDER Napping during the day is an ancient custom that is practiced worldwide. While ...

By Gail Iles In 2019, India attempted to land a spacecraft on the Moon – and ended up painting a kilometres-long streak of debris on its barren surface. Now the Indian Space ...

Here’s what the research says about how they affect your feet By Kristin Graham, Helen Banwell and Saravana Kumar Ballet flat shoes – those thin-heeled lightweight slip-on shoes – are making ...

By Garritt C Van Dyk In 1889, the Syndicat du Commerce des Vins de Champagne produced a pamphlet promoting champagne at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, claiming that Dom Pérignon, ...

By Liz Giuffre The international music press has reported this week that Queen’s song ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ has not been included in a greatest hits compilation aimed at children. ...

Playing down its green benefits could attract more consumers By Jennifer Yule It’s difficult to tell if the recent wave of anti-vegan sentiment has affected the plant-based meat market, ...

RICHARD FARAGHER explains how to understand (and improve) your ‘biological age’ The saying goes that money can’t buy you love. But can it buy you time? This is what ...

Only Murders in the Building is a loving parody of the whodunit By Christopher Pittard Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, has returned ...

By Gregory F. Treverton, Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed on ...