The Conversation

By Dan Denis Have you ever been drifting off to sleep, only to be jerked awake by the sound of a bomb going off inside your head? If you have, ...

By Mike Brand, University of Connecticut World leaders will gather at the United Nations on September 22-23, 2024, where they are set to adopt the Pact for the Future – an ambitious ...

By Dan Golding The masked and cloaked figure now casts perhaps the longest shadow of any film character on popular culture. When Vader first appeared on screen in 1977, audiences recognised ...

By Richard Denniss, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Apparently, the world is about to get its first trillionaire. A report from the business intelligence agency Informa Connect ...

By Hannah Osborne Asako Yuzuki’s novel Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder is the latest literary sensation by a female Japanese writer to be served to, and savoured ...

By Adam Taylor From Kylie Jenner and Rihanna to Ariana Grande and Cardi B, celebrities are sporting long, acrylics – often heavily embellished with nail art – as an expression of their ...

Since then, the conflict has taken on a regional and international dimension. Several external actors are supporting the two warring parties with arms, ammunition and money. The United Arab Emirates ...

By Stine S Johansen Social norms say it can be okay for people to lie, if it protects someone from harm. Should a robot be allowed the same privilege to ...

By Marco Romagnoli The promise of a long, healthy, happy existence living an active, community-based lifestyle under warm, sunny skies may be within reach. In fact, it could be on ...

By Deirdre Clemente With US presidential Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts, taunts and stump speeches. An overlooked aspect of electioneering ...

By Ellie Mackin Roberts Last year, one of my child’s English assignments was to rewrite a traditional fairy tale with one major plot difference, to see how the story ...

By Rachel Hogg Social media has only made body image issues worse for young people, leading them to compare themselves with others and strive for often unattainable – and unhealthy – beauty ...

By Justin Stebbing Consuming too much caffeine is definitely bad for your health, and there may be good reasons why some people want to quit it altogether. But if you ...

By Lara Torres Acclaimed Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten has retired at 66, after announcing earlier this year that he would step down after his Paris Fashion Week menswear show ...

By Patrick Lin Automating food is unlike automating anything else. Food is fundamental to life – nourishing body and soul – so how it’s accessed, prepared and consumed can change societies ...

By Nicholas Jenkins Banksy fans were delighted in August as nine animal-themed murals by the street artist appeared across London in as many days. Speculation is rife about what deeper ...

By Scott Lucas As delegates assembled in Chicago for the start of the Democratic National Convention on August 19, something surreal was happening 6,000 miles away in Israel. In Tel Aviv, the ...

By Primrose Freestone Eating fruit and vegetables every day is a great way to stay healthy – just make sure you wash them properly first. While most people are aware of ...

By Tamsin McLaren Balletcore, the fashion trend inspired by the costumes of traditional ballet performers, has been popular since 2022, inspired by the spring/summer runway collections of designers such as ...

By Michael A. Di Giovine By The Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 of a rare form of leukemia at age 15, will soon become the Catholic Church’s first “...

By Nancy Kong and Jack Lam Loneliness isn’t just awful for individuals – it has society-wide impacts too. It significantly contributes to mental health issues, sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, and ...

By Marcus Harmes and Meredith Harmes Nuns are a staple of pop culture. Think of The Sound of Music (1965), Sister Act (1992), The Nun’s Story (1959), The Bells of St Mary’...

Brian Stone Jr. As intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even the most intense periods of extreme heat, ...

By John Charles Ryan There’s little else in the food world that brings about as much social turbulence as the durian. This so-called “king of all fruits” is considered ...