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The Conversation UKby Benedict Carpenter van Barthold, Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University2h ago
Robert Ryman: The Real Thing is the American artist’s first major retrospective in the UK for over 30 years.
The Conversation UKby Milan Shrestha, Teaching Professor and Senior Global Futures Scientist, Arizona State University2h ago
On August 26, a rock and ice avalanche triggered a huge flood that swept through a steep valley in Nepal, leaving thousands dead and missing.
The Conversation UKby Kezia Barker, Associate Professor of Environmental Futures, Liverpool John Moores University3h ago
In online “prepper” communities – where people discuss ways to prepare for potential emergencies and disruptions – members often jokingly refer to their “zombie apocalypse” skills.
The Conversation UKby Eoghan Kelly, Postdoctoral research fellow, Queen Mary University of London3h ago
For the first time in its history three of the four nations of the UK are led by parties that advocate holding referendums on breaking away from the UK.
The Conversation UKby Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation3h ago
When Karl Deisseroth was studying to be a doctor in the 1990s, he took a rotation working with psychiatric patients.
The Conversation UKby Tony D Sampson, Reader in Digital Communication, University of Essex3h ago
In 2010, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network charted the birth of social media. Sixteen years later his sequel, The Social Reckoning, is tracing the mutation of Meta founder Mark...
The Conversation UKby Nick Isaac, Macroecologist, Biodiversity Modelling & Analysis Group, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology3h ago
Wildlife populations around the world have declined by an average of 73% since 1970. That’s according to the WWF’s new 2026 Living Planet Index – a major estimate, updated every two years, of the...
The Conversation UKby Oliver Davis, Professor and Head of the Department of French, University College Cork3h ago
A placard held by a young man as school protests continued across France appeared to capture the mood on the streets. Young people, it said: “want the Bac (high school diploma), not the BAC”.
The Conversation UKby Khalid Beshir, Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of East London; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine6h ago
A few days after landing at Frankfurt Airport, several people who had never left Germany developed a fever.
The Conversation UKby Frances Ashcroft, Emeritus Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford6h ago
For more than a century, we could see Florence Buchanan’s science but not Florence Buchanan. Her papers and electrical traces survived, and her work placed her alongside some of the most...
The Conversation UKby Leonie Fleischmann, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London6h ago
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and leading opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot took to social media as their country marked three years since the devastating Hamas attacks of October...
The Conversation UKby Laura Jansen, Associate Professor in Classics & Comparative Literature, University of Bristol7h ago
For over four decades, Anne Carson has been quietly redrawing the map of contemporary literature.
The Conversation UKby Robson Tramontina, Research Associate, Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry, University of Manchester7h ago
AI company Anthropic recently announced that its popular system Claude had identified an unusual family of biological molecules.
The Conversation UKby Dawn-Marie Walker, Professor, Socio-Environmental Impact on Health Inequalities, University of Southampton8h ago
The timing of a hospital appointment does more than tell you when to see a doctor. It can also shape how you get there.
The Conversation UKby Jessica Aiston, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Applied Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London8h ago
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition which influences how people communicate and process information. A significant proportion of autistic children do not speak, or only speak a few words.
The Conversation UKby Helen Killick, Postdoctoral Research Associate in History, University of Reading8h ago
The Uprising is the first film inspired by the peasants’ revolt of the summer of 1381 – the largest popular rebellion in medieval England.
The Conversation UKby Andrew S. Roe-Crines, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Political Communication, University of Liverpool1d ago
Kemi Badenoch’s closing conference speech to the Conservative party conference sought to galvanise the membership by framing the coming years as “a battle of ideas” over how Britain is governed.
The Conversation UKby David Lees, Reader in French Studies, University of Warwick1d ago
The student demonstrations that have spread across France in recent weeks are not unprecedented. Indeed, commentators have been quick to point to comparisons with the events of May and June 1968...
The Conversation UKby Josephine Bourner, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London1d ago
A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Russia, has died just days after falling ill with an undisclosed illness.
The Conversation UKby Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Professor of Consumer Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University1d ago
Fashion lovers are generally associated with bursting wardrobes and chasing the latest trends. But that reputation is beginning to shift.
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