The Conversation

By Oli Mould Waves of controversy were sparked recently when the Just Stop Oil activists threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Although ...

By Toby Walsh You might suppose Hollywood is good at predicting the future. Indeed, Robert Wallace, head of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service and the US equivalent of ...

By Stefan Wolff Each time the United Nations gathers to debate and vote on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it becomes more obvious that the vast majority of the international ...

Here’s what the evidence says according to DAVID CLAYTON If you’re someone who’s thought about losing weight or has wanted to get healthier in the past few ...

By Meena Andiappan How to optimise the pursuit of wellbeing and happiness is a question researchers have tried to tackle from a range of angles. The social effects of the ...

Truth is, we’ll need both By John Mathews The battle of the billionaires has become the stuff of headlines. The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has gone head-to-head ...

In new A League Of Their Own series, tensions between femininity and sexuality explored in women’s sports says MERSINI KARKOULAS Amazon Prime Video’s recent release A League Of ...

By Anissa Pomiès and Zeynep Arsel Some people who love classical music also dance to Celine Dion. Others are craft beer aficionados who also enjoy a cold bottle of ...

By Olga Partan Days before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced hasty referendums in the occupied regions of Ukraine and the conscription of Russian men, Russian singer Alla Pugacheva posted a ...

By Mathew Barlow and Suzana J. Camargo When Hurricane Ian hit Florida, it was one of the United States’ most powerful hurricanes on record, and it followed a two-week string ...

By Michael Graham and Jonathan Taylor Most of us know we need to exercise more. Yet finding the time to work out is often easier said than done. For most, ...

The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human history. The impact of the acute ...

By Naomi Braithwaite Throughout history, women have faced pressure to have certain body shapes – often leading them to use extreme methods to achieve them. So you’d think with a ...

By Lana Haworth Vladimir Putin’s edict announcing the call-up of thousands of reservists for his so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine appears to have caused widespread panic and protests ...

By Pooyan Tamimi Arab and Ammar Maleki A young woman’s death in custody in Iran on September 16 has sparked nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini’s fatal injuries resulted from an ...

By Cynthia Sear and Andrew Dawson As we have seen from coverage of The Queue – capitalised and thus now, apparently, a proper noun – the English are proud of their queuing ...

Anne Bailey, University of Oxford On Friday, September 16 2022, the day the queue to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state in Westminster Hall first reached its ten-mile capacity and had ...

By Leonie Heilbronn Biochemist and author of the Glucose Revolution Jessie Inchauspé says tweaking your diet can change your life. Among her recommendations in the mainstream media and on Instagram, ...

By Sharon Thompson In 1938, a group of feminist agitators came together in London to tackle what they saw as the most pressing issue of their time: inequality in marriage. For ...

By Boróka Bó For many young people, retirement is a blip on the radar, if not a total unknown. This is particularly true during our cost of living crisis, ...

By Emma Beckett Coffee – one bean with many possibilities. A big choice is how to brew it: espresso, filter, plunger, percolator, instant and more. Each method has unique equipment, timing, ...

By Belinda Lunnay, Kristen Foley and Paul Ward Many of us enjoy a drink at the end of a stressful day. But for some, this is less of a discretionary ...

By DAVID BURTON If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, Renaissance. Rolling Stone has described her as ...

By Madeleine Goumas On a summer’s day at the beach, the sound of seagulls is part of the ambience. But what about when they’re in the middle of ...