The Conversation

By Sara Webb We have long been fascinated with the idea of alien life. The earliest written record presenting the idea of “aliens” is seen in the satiric work of ...

By Baris Celik The EU and the Nato have proved crucial in bringing together their member states around a coordinated response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Recognising the continued ...

By Serin Quinn Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey’s recent suggestion that Britons should turn to turnips following tomato shortages did not go down as she might have hoped. ...

By Steven James Jackson, Marcelle Dawson and Michael Sam Are we in the midst of a wellbeing pandemic? The question may seem curious, even contradictory. But look around, the concept ...

By Rebecca Mardon, Hayley Cocker and Kate Daunt In a departure from their usual content, TikTok beauty influencers are “de-influencing”, telling viewers what not to buy. Offering uncharacteristically critical product ...

Netflix’s new reality spectacle Physical: 100 pits South Korea’s strongest against each other says Sung-Ae Lee South Korea’s latest Netflix sensation, the reality series Physical: 100, appears to be ...

SHERYL BARRINGER on how the beloved treat gets its flavour, texture and tricky reputation as an ingredient Whether it is enjoyed as creamy milk chocolate truffles, baked in a devilishly ...

By Lee Cheng The Sims is one of the bestselling franchises in gaming history. But unlike most other AAA games (high budget and high-profile games produced by leading publishers), this ...

By Phillip Carter Is Turkey’s recent spelling change about being more authentically Turkish? Or is there more to the story? In June 2022, the United Nations agreed to change the ...

By Rosie Nelson Non-binary singer Sam Smith has caused waves with the release of their music video for I’m Not Here to Make Friends, a triumphantly queer declaration of ...

By Christian Dunn Like so many of the planet’s natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps ...

By Christian Downie and Robert Brulle, You’ve probably seen ads promoting gas and oil companies as the solutions to climate change. They’re meant to be inspiring and hopeful, ...

They outshine cotton in sustainable fashion says RAJKISHORE NAYAK Ever considered the carbon footprint of manufacturing your favourite shirt? The average cotton shirt produces 2.1kg of carbon dioxide – but a ...

By Jeff Evans It’s the middle of the night and you are fast asleep. Suddenly you have ceiling plaster smashing down on you, pictures are falling off the walls ...

By Naomi Braithwaite During Sotheby’s annual January Royal and Noble collection sale, US reality TV star Kim Kardashian bought the diamond and amethyst Attallah Cross necklace previously worn by ...

The Whale is a horror film that taps into our fear of fatness says BETH YOUNGER I knew before seeing The Whale that it was a movie about a man ...

By Robert Goldman After a deadly attack that killed seven people outside an East Jerusalem synagogue, the Israeli government responded by sealing off the home of the Palestinian suspect in ...

By Yael Naze A little over six months ago, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) delivered its first photographs, dazzling the world as it revealed the cosmos in glorious ...

It moves with the times and does not shy away from parodying its own past says HARRIET FLETCHER From the blush pink of royal mistresses to the hot pink of ...

By John Nagle The investigation into the Beirut port explosion has taken a new turn, with the judge overseeing the probe charging a former prime minister and two other former ...

By Richard McCulloch A true crime series about male strippers, arson and murder-for-hire, marketed with lines like “Women get horny!” and “Blood will spill”? It’s safe to say that ...

By Noah Kaufman, Chris Bataille, Gautam Jain and Sagatom Saha Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and the European Union, two of the most important global leaders when it ...

And do I need a breather between manicures? CHRISTIAN MORO and CHARLOTTE PHELPS answer FAQs People are increasingly opting for regular manicures – with vibrant layers of polish, gel, acrylic or ...

By Daniel Jolley and Anthony Lantian From vaccine uptake to violent extremism, conspiracy beliefs are linked to distrust in major institutions or powerful figures. Research developed in the last decade ...