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The Conversation UKby Laura Serra, Postdoctoral Research Officer, London School of Economics and Political Science6d ago
When Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the Labour conference that he is going to change the state pension’s triple lock mechanism, the backlash was immediate.
The Conversation UKby Benjamin Martill, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh6d ago
Andy Burnham’s revelation that he was prepared “to go all the way” in terms of the UK’s relationship with the EU came as a shock to many.
The Conversation UKby Michael Steinke, Senior Lecturer, Marine Sciences, University of Essex6d ago
Seaweed piling up on a beach might look harmless, but as quantities begin to rot, they can release gases that are toxic to people.
The Conversation UKby Benedict Carpenter van Barthold, Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University6d ago
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 to 1919) is popularly misunderstood as a slightly dodgy painter of kitsch nudes. Renoir and Love at the National Gallery in London sets the record straight.
The Conversation UKby Behara Satyanarayana, Associate Professor, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu6d ago
On Pakistan’s Indus delta coast, a 350,000-hectare mangrove project is turning a growing forest into something that can be sold to companies thousands of miles away: carbon credits.
The Conversation UKby Lotfi Khemiri, Medical doctor, specialist in psychiatry. Adjunct Lecturer, Karolinska Institutet6d ago
In my work as an addiction psychiatrist, I meet people whose lives have been severely affected by alcohol or drug use, often alongside other forms of mental distress.
The Conversation UKby Fiona Handyside, Associate Professor of Film Studies, University of Exeter6d ago
This autumn, a unique event is taking place in the Petit Trianon, the small summer house tucked among the formal flowerbeds of the sprawling Château de Versailles estate.
The Conversation UKby Lynne Mesher, Head of Architecture, Art and Design, University of Portsmouth6d ago
It’s been more than 20 years since the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) and the the Fawcett Society published a landmark 2003 study, Why Do Women Leave Architecture?
The Conversation UKby Sophie Heywood, Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Cultures, University of Reading6d ago
The UK’s National Year of Reading is asking people across the country to “go all in” on reading. But this invitation raises questions for many families: reading what, in which language and in what...
The Conversation UKby Ashley Weinberg, Senior Lecturer in Psychology6d ago
When political leaders disclose mental health challenges, the public debate usually focuses on their personal experiences, resilience and even electoral prospects.
The Conversation UKby Ronan Lordan, Postdoctoral Researcher in Circadian Biology, FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center & School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences6d ago
On Earth, most of us rarely have to think about the signals that keep our internal clocks aligned. The Sun rises, daylight changes, darkness arrives and morning comes again.
The Conversation UKby Carolin Kilian, Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark6d ago
The new Premier League season is now well underway and for many football fans, that means crowded pubs, beers with friends and betting on favourite teams.
The Conversation UKby Walid Omara, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, School Of Biosciences and Chemistry, Sheffield Hallam University6d ago
For many people, a urinary tract infection (UTI) doesn’t really end when the antibiotics run out. The burning and constant trips to the toilet fade, then return weeks or months later.
The Conversation UKby Barbara Pierscionek, Professor of Eye Health and New Technologies for Sight Improvement, Anglia Ruskin University6d ago
More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Euclid began his treatise Optics with an assumption that now sounds peculiar: visual rays travelled out from the eye towards the objects we see.
The Conversation UKby Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation6d ago
Overnight on Wednesday, which marked 1,680 days since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia unleashed a heavy barrage of strikes against energy infrastructure in Kyiv...
The Conversation UKby Jonquil Lowe, Visiting Academic, The Open University7d ago
The UK’s pension triple lock has only been in place for 15 years. But it’s done the job it was brought in to do, and now it should be scrapped. So the prime minister is right to want to change it.
The Conversation UKby Catherine Greenwood, Lecturer in Digital Marketing, University of Lancashire7d ago
This summer, social media was filled with posts declaring that almost anything was “kinda chic”. Repeating outfits was kinda chic. Being overdressed was kinda chic.
The Conversation UKby Pascal Vrticka, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Essex7d ago
Attachment is the term psychologists use for the most significant relationships that hold people’s lives together. But what makes an attachment relationship different from all others?
The Conversation UKby Deirdre MacManus, Clinical Reader in Psychiatry, King's Centre for Military Health Research, King's College London7d ago
Resilience is a word frequently used to describe the way Ukrainian society has responded to the war with Russia. It’s a term that can inspire sympathy and mobilise support.
The Conversation UKby Jacopo Torriti, Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, University of Reading7d ago
Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s proposal to create a new Great British Grid has put a spotlight on one of the UK’s biggest energy challenges: connection queues.
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