The Conversation

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 ...

By Libby Richards, Melissa Franks and Rosie Shrout The new year is traditionally a time when many people feel a renewed commitment to create healthy habits, such as exercising regularly, ...

By Thami Croeser Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have ...

How Vivienne Westwood brand will maintain her spirit after her death The death of the English fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood at the age of 81 last month has not only ...

Evangeline Mantzioris on what each colour does in our body Nutritionists will tell you to eat a rainbow of fruit and vegetables. This isn’t just because it looks nice ...

By Laini Burton Celebrity has always existed in one form or another. Across history, the likeness of kings, queens and nobility, deities, popes and saints have been the subject of ...

A few minutes a day can improve your muscle strength says KEN NOSAKA One of the most popular new year’s resolutions is to exercise more. Many of us set ...

By Stefan Wolff For the past two months, Russia has systematically targeted Ukrainian infrastructure, devastating the country’s power grid and putting many basic services from healthcare to sanitation at ...

By Sebnem Eroglu Many people migrate to another country to earn a decent income and to attain a better standard of living. But my recent research shows that across all ...

DAVID BEAN and ANDREW GREENHILL look at how it’s done Drinking alcohol has been part of popular culture for at least 240 years, and perhaps millennia prior. In recent years, ...

By Ben Highmore As an expert in media and cultural studies, I once appeared in a television series about technology in the home during the last three decades of the 20...

But if I’m healthy the rest of the time, does it matter asks EMMA BECKETT The holidays are often called the ‘silly season’ – a time when we eat, drink ...