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The Conversation UKby Inderjeet Parmar, Professor in International Politics, City St George's, University of London8 Sept 2026
Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East conflict, six months in.
The Conversation UKby Wai-keung Fung, Senior Lecturer in Electronics Robotics & Control Engineering, Cardiff Metropolitan University8 Sept 2026
At the recent World Humanoid Robot Games 2026 in Beijing, robots sprinted, boxed, played football and tackled tasks inspired by factories, restaurants and emergency situations.
The Conversation UKby Catherine Comfort, Academic Lead, Access Participation and Success Faculty of Business and Law, The Open University8 Sept 2026
Nearly 1 million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are currently outside education, employment or training and the number is currently projected to increase.
The Conversation UKby Anne McArdle, Professor of Musculoskeletal and Ageing Science, University of Liverpool8 Sept 2026
Astronauts who undergo long-duration spaceflight aboard the International Space Station often return with health problems that resemble some age-related conditions in people on Earth.
The Conversation UKby Alex Dittrich, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Nottingham Trent University8 Sept 2026
This summer you may have wondered why you are seeing so few insects squished on your car’s windscreen, compared to a road trip several years ago.
The Conversation UKby Gemma Shearman, Senior Lecturer in Physical and Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kingston University8 Sept 2026
I’ll admit it, I’m a Trekkie. I blame my mother. It was on her insistence that my brother and I watched endless re-runs of the original Star Trek series, which is now celebrating its 60th...
The Conversation UKby Axel Vikström, Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication, Lund University8 Sept 2026
Sweden is imagined as the land of equality, modesty and Jantelagen – the unwritten rule that no one should think they are better than anyone else.
The Conversation UKby Angela Jayne Kilpatrick, Lecturer in Learning Development, University of Lancashire8 Sept 2026
For over a decade, children in year six – the final year of primary school in England – have taken the grammar, punctuation and spelling test as part of their Key Stage 2 Standard Assessment Tests...
The Conversation UKby Jasper Schipperijn, Professor of Active Living Environments, University of Southern Denmark8 Sept 2026
Across Europe, cycling is being promoted as a key solution to cleaner, healthier travel. The European Commission recently published its first progress report on the European Declaration on Cycling...
The Conversation UKby Matthew Witt, Associate Professor, Natural Environment, University of Exeter8 Sept 2026
I spent six days on a small fishing boat in the middle of the English Channel in July trying to catch a thresher shark. The weather was fickle, even at the height of summer.
The Conversation UKby Asher Kessler, Research Fellow in AI Trust and Security, Centre for Digital Trust and Society, University of Manchester7 Sept 2026
It is two decades since Facebook introduced the News Feed – letting loose a world in which algorithms would shape ever more of our lives. In 2006, Facebook was facing something of a crisis.
The Conversation UKby Dagfinn Aune, Research Fellow, School of Public Health, Imperial College London7 Sept 2026
More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with high blood pressure (hypertension). It’s the single biggest metabolic risk factor for early death – driving diseases such as heart attacks, strokes...
The Conversation UKby Neil J. Gostling, Associate Professor in Evolution and Palaeobiology, University of Southampton7 Sept 2026
Archaeopteryx is an icon of evolution and is often called the first bird. Scientists have long debated just how it took off from the ground but a recent study published by my colleagues and I has...
The Conversation UKby Helen Vassallo, Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter7 Sept 2026
The Long Version is a new novel which follows a short period in the life of Sylvie, a middle-aged writer who has just published a best-selling yet critic-dividing feminist book.
The Conversation UKby Eric Ruto, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Lincoln, UK, University of Lincoln7 Sept 2026
Saltwater isn’t something most people associate with English farmland. But in parts of eastern England, it’s becoming a growing problem, and not just for crops, but for farm incomes too.
The Conversation UKby Bobby Duffy, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London7 Sept 2026
Crime levels are falling for most offences across the UK – but the public doesn’t necessarily feel safer.
The Conversation UKby Jordan Beaumont, Senior Lecturer in Food and Nutrition, Sheffield Hallam University7 Sept 2026
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has been criticised after sharing a photograph of two people in uniform from a Canadian youth cadet programme with the caption “this is real”.
The Conversation UKby Christian Dunn, Professor in Natural Sciences, Bangor University7 Sept 2026
Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of the summer. But one corner remains conspicuously green.
The Conversation UKby Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol7 Sept 2026
You’ve just finished eating lunch and you’re back at your desk, ready to dive into the rest of the day’s work. Yet by 3pm, you find your eyes starting to droop.
The Conversation UKby Ed Turner, Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University7 Sept 2026
The results of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 were far worse than feared for the country’s mainstream political parties.
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