The Conversation

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 ...

By Kelly Jakubowski Why is it that many people can’t remember where they put their car keys most mornings, but can sing along to every lyric of a song ...

By Ester Lázaro Lázaro One night, upon returning to the cave that his tribe calls home, the monkey-humanoid Moon-Watcher finds a strange crystal object, a kind of monolith ...

By Beatrice Alba Despite progress towards greater gender equality, many people remain stubbornly attached to old-fashioned gender roles in romantic relationships between women and men. Conventions around heterosexual romance dictate ...

How much difference does your hair really makes to keep you cool or warm asks THERESA LARKIN We have millions of hair follicles on our body, including around 100,000 on our ...

Chemist NATHAN KILAH explains why you can’t just freeze cream and expect results Ice cream seems like a simple concept. Take some dairy, add some sugar and flavours, and ...

By Pascal Lardellier and Sonia Zannad Its orange, sparkling and bitter hues remind some of an Italian sunset in a glass. Aperol spritz, the cocktail that dots terraces with the ...

As heat records fall, W. Larry Kenney, Daniel Vecellio, Rachel Cottle and S. Tony Wolf assess how much danger we are in Extreme heat has been breaking records across Europe, ...

But here’s how it can succeed once people stop signing up says NICOLETTA CORROCHER Netflix’s recent move to crackdown on password sharing has boosted subscriber numbers by nearly 6 ...

By Raquel Peel Text messages showing actor Jonah Hill asking his ex-girlfriend Sarah Brady to consider a dot point list of relationship “boundaries” have sparked an important conversation. Two different ...

What environmental contaminants have got to do with it By Daniel Marcu The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently reported that around one in six couples globally are affected by infertility. ...

By Victoria Cooper Why, in a country of more than 330 million people, does it appear that Americans will have to choose between Joe Biden or Donald Trump at the 2024 US ...

By Hannah Viney There are roughly 22 million jars of Vegemite manufactured in the original Melbourne factory every year. According to the Vegemite website, around 80 per cent of Australian households have ...

By Paige Coyne Bailey Csabai and Sarah Woodruff Your alarm clock goes off, it’s time to start your day. What’s the first thing you do? What about right ...

Alexander Sweetman is a sleep expert who helps deal with insomnia Martin turns off the light to fall asleep, but his mind quickly springs into action. Racing thoughts about work ...

By Averyl Gaylor On TikTok, ‘old money’ and ‘clean girl’ aesthetics are trending, with over three and four billion views respectively. Content tagged #cleangirlaesthetic and #oldmoneyaesthetic proliferates on the platform. ...