The Conversation

By Michelle O’Shea and Gabrielle Weidemann Olympian Tom Daley is the most decorated diver in Britain’s history. He is also an avid knitter. At the Paris 2024 Olympics Daley ...

By Michael Freeman Social media is full of claims that everyday habits can harm your skin. It’s also full of recommendations or advertisements for products that can protect you. ...

By Linda Osti It all appeared to begin in early July with angry Barceloni residents squirting tourists with water as they sat on restaurant terraces. “Tourists go home!” shouted locals ...

By Justin Keogh and Jackson Fyfe The science is clear: resistance training is crucial to ageing well. Lifting weights (or doing bodyweight exercises like lunges, squats or push-ups) can help ...

By Geoffrey Ditta The allure of Europe’s capitals and major cities is undeniable. For decades, people have flocked to them to work in industry, set up businesses, and seek ...

By Peter Greste The photo of returning prisoners in an American plane, all grinning from ear to ear, says it all: the joy, the relief and the success of an ...

By Serin Quinn Reading labels in the supermarket, you may have wondered where your apples come from – but have you ever thought about why you’re eating apples in the ...

By Luana Carcano Fashion is a dynamic business. Most apparel brands make at least two to four collections per year. While selling current seasonal collections, brands plan for the next ...

By Hassan Vally Every few weeks or months, the media reports on a new study that tantalisingly dangles the possibility of a new drug to give us longer, healthier lives. ...

By Santiago Melián González & Jacques Bulchand Gidumal While tourism’s ability to create new jobs is indisputable, there is much talk of these jobs being low quality ...

Here are seven ways we can reclaim our attention spans By Teresa Rossignoli Palomeque With the summer holidays now upon us, many people will be looking forward to kicking back ...

By Gustavo Morello This has been a wonderful summer if you follow sports: tennis championships, end-of-season tournaments and soccer’s European Championship and Copa America – all leading up to the ...

By Elke Godden Every family needs groceries, and most people regularly venture to the supermarket to gather supplies. If researchers can help shoppers make healthier choices, we can improve the ...

By Steven Greenland and Robert Joseph Gill The cost of hosting Paris 2024, the 33rd Olympics, is predicted to be more than €8.6billion. So what’s in it for the French? ...

Friday’s global IT outage – caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike – wrought havoc on business operations around the world. Severe disruptions were reported in multiple countries, ...

Have you ever tried to bring back fond memories by eating or drinking something unique to that time and place? It could be a Pina Colada that recalls an island ...

The British-Turkish designer Erdem Moralioglu is known for drawing inspiration from bold women and successfully dissecting their personalities to create elegant fashion to worldwide acclaim. His latest muse for his ...

Every four years, the best athletes from around the globe converge to battle it out for top honours at the Olympic Games. Athletes go through the rigours of qualification, competing ...

By Ashley Morgan As Angela Rayner arrived to take up her new role as Britain’s deputy prime minister, some online commentators went into meltdown – not because of her historic ...

By Fausto Corvino The era of low-cost air travel in Europe may be over for good, thanks in part to recent EU environmental policies. All in all, this is good ...

Do you struggle to eat your fruits and vegetables? You are not alone. In Australia, less than five per cent of Australians eat the recommended serves of fresh produce each ...

In 1987, fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier shot the supermodel Naomi Campbell in the desert wearing a gold Chanel jacket. It’s a stunning photograph and a historic one. This image featured ...

By Natalie Coulter Roblox is an online platform that allows users to create games and play those designed by others. A self-described “ultimate virtual universe,” it is hard to pinpoint ...

‘Fart walks’ have become a cultural phenomenon, after a woman named Mairlyn Smith posted online a now-viral video about how she and her husband go on walks about 60 minutes after ...