The Ramifications of Roe’s Fall Won’t Stop at Abortion Bans
In certain states, politicians could leap on the opportunity to push for the criminalization of certain methods of birth control and impair access to IVF.Continue Reading
2022-05-09
Ancient cave art: how new hi-tech archaeology is revealing the ghosts of human history
Author provided New details of our past are coming to light, hiding in the nooks and crannies of the world, as we refine our techniques to go looking for them. Most lauded is the reconstruction of the evolution of humanity since our African origins around 300,000 years ago, by analysingContinue Reading
2022-05-08
The standard model of particle physics may be broken – an expert explains
The storage-ring magnet for the Muon G-2 experiment at Fermilab. Reidar Hahn/wikipedia, CC BY-SA As a physicist working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is “When are you going to find something?”. Resisting the temptation to sarcastically reply “AsideContinue Reading
2022-05-07
Sleep: here’s how much you really need for optimal cognition and wellbeing – new research
Most of us struggle to think straight after a poor night's sleep. Hank Grebe/Shutterstock Most of us struggle to think well after a poor night’s sleep – feeling foggy and failing to perform at our usual standard at school, university or work. You may notice that you’re not concentrating asContinue Reading
2022-05-05
You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet—Just Eat Less
If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad.Continue Reading
2022-05-04
Curious Kids: what are NFTs – and why are they so expensive?
shutterstock What is the purpose of making NFTs and what makes some of them so costly? – Tanvi, aged 16, Delhi, India An NFT is a technology that proves who the owner of a digital object is. This digital object could be a song, a picture, a video, a tweetContinue Reading
2022-05-04
How the first cat-like sabre-tooth predator was discovered – and why it differs from modern cats
Diegoalerus was probably around the size of a bobcat Erick Toussaint, San Diego Natural History Museum (licensed under CC by 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Although they are currently the greatest predators on land, it’s likely that modern-day cats wouldn’t have been a match for the newly discovered Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae. At around 42Continue Reading
2022-05-02
Bullying: why most people do nothing when they witness it – and how to take action
Are you a bystander? Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock Imagine that you are at work, and you witness a colleague repeatedly bullying another colleague. What would you do? While many of us like to think that we would interfere to stop it, surveys show that most employees who witness bullying situations, known as bystanders,Continue Reading
2022-05-01
Is current space law equipped to handle a new era of shifting power structures in space? The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript
The Ukraine invasion has increased tensions surrounding the International Space Station. Andrey Armyagov via Shutterstock This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: Ukraine invasion threatens international collaboration in space – is current space law equipped to handle a new era of shifting power structures?, published on AprilContinue Reading
2022-04-29
It’s Not Too Late to Stop Mass Extinction in the Ocean
A quarter of a billion years ago, rising temperatures emptied the oceans of life. The planet now faces a similar threat, but the outcome is in human hands.Continue Reading
2022-04-28