Uncharted Brain: Decoding Dementia is a new podcast series from The Conversation. Uncharted Brain: Decoding Dementia is a new podcast series from The Conversation examining new research unlocking clues to the ongoing mystery of how dementia works in the brain. Listen to the trailer now before the series launches onContinue Reading
The Reface App on a smartphone Italy stock images / Alamy Stock Photo In the second season of BBC mystery thriller The Capture, deepfakes threaten the future of democracy and UK national security. In a dystopia set in present day London, hackers use AI to insert these highly realistic falseContinue Reading
A CHEF is closing down his popular Michelin-rated restaurant after losing his taste and smell from Covid. Mark Sebastian Fisher cannot personally sample the dishes before customers are served and has to ask his wife Michelle or staff to do it for him. Trip Advisor Sebastians Restaurant With Rooms isContinue Reading
It took four days of determined international diplomacy, spearheaded by Turkey and the UN, for Russia to rejoin a deal allowing for the export of Ukrainian grain to world markets. Also known as the Black Sea grain initiative this was a deal to allow grain ships to depart safely fromContinue Reading
WALES host New Zealand and are aiming to beat them for the first time in 69 long years. The All Blacks have won every single match since Queen Elizabeth II was just one year into her seven-decade reign and now Wayne Pivac’s side are looking to change history. 3 AlunContinue Reading
Prostock-studio/Shutterstock It’s one of the greatest achievements of modern science. Within only a year of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID-19) being identified, safe and effective vaccines were developed, tested, and had begun to be rolled out. Since the first doses were administered nearly two years ago, they’re estimated toContinue Reading
SONNY BILL WILLIAMS was stunned by a brutal knockout from his 48-year-old opponent in a major upset. The former New Zealand rugby star, 37, took on MMA legend Mark Hunt in Sydney on Saturday night. 4 Sonny Bill Williams could not cope with the power of Mark HuntCredit: Stan SportContinue Reading
I was in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, as the votes were being counted for the nation’s presidential election. The atmosphere was tense among supporters of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after the first round where his lead was much narrower thanContinue Reading
Review at a glance T he fifth series of The Crown opens to a fanfare of controversy and with a thumping ocean-going metaphor. The first episode starts with the young Queen launching the royal yacht Britannia with the hope that “this brand new vessel, like your brand new Queen, willContinue Reading
From the US to Brazil to India, deepening political polarisation is used as a frame through which to see a lot of 21st-century politics. But what can actually be done to depolarise deeply divided societies, particularly democracies? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast we speak to a politicalContinue Reading
