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Paleoecologist Emily Lindsey on the wildfires that led to mass extinction during California’s Ice Age. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Academics glean grim portents – and some continuities with supposedly pro-climate presidents of the past.
Many fear Smithfield’s special sense of place will be lost once the meat market is gone. But could a new emerging cultural quarter bring social...
Many people have successfully replaced their ‘doomscrolling’ habit with a hobby.
When Elon Musk performed a gesture that many saw as a fascist gesture, his supporters claimed it was a Roman salute. So what’s the difference?
Genetics shows that women stayed put in Late Iron Age Dorset, while men moved to other groups.
An expert on what terrorism law says, and why we don’t need a new one.
Another court victory in Harry’s campaign to hold the press to account, but what are the broader implications?
The Pope’s new autobiography mixes moral messages with unique insight into the pontiff’s life.
Marketers want us to be worried about smelly intimate parts. The thing is, they are mostly self-cleaning.
Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbates the other; according to a new report.
The technology can deceive so easily that public confidence in generative AI is only possible with full disclosure.
Trump is urging Putin – as well as others – to end the war in Ukraine, or face consequences.
Some presidents are considered great, others are not. What are the factors that make a difference?
Domestic broadcasters add value for viewers in ways the big streamers can’t.
It seems counter-intuitive that many US voters who identify as having Latino heritage are in favour of strict restrictions on migration from Latin...
The footprints were uncovered at a large quarry in Oxfordshire.
The World Monuments Fund submission highlights that there are almost 100 sites on the Moon bearing traces of the human history of space exploration.
The UK’s environmental commitments leave no room for extra runways.
The UK parliament’s assisted dying bill recently passed its second reading in the House of Commons, with 330 votes in favour and 275 against. But...
As climate and biodiversity scientists, we spend most of our lives trying to understand how our planet works and how best to address the...
Having agreed to a complex ceasefire in Gaza under pressure from the incoming US president, Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu now confronts a range...
In the fast-moving world of Premier League football, fans are a constant. While a club’s managers, players and owners come and go, the one true...
Pension funds are investment pools that manage people’s retirement savings. They aim to encourage long-term saving and provide financial security...
Although it will impinge on the consciousness of few, the appointment of the next UK ambassador to the US is growing into a crisis. It would not do...
The way we get our news is changing fast. The latest research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University shows...
Shipping generates 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This could increase to 10% if current trends continue, according to Transport &...
As the NHS enters its annual winter crisis, we are encouraged to think carefully before ringing 111, 999 or going to A&E. Quite when to relinquish...
In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused...
Each episode of the Netflix adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s book Say Nothing, which addresses the IRA’s tactic of disappearing alleged...
Picture this: a rugby player sprints down the pitch with no opponent in sight, only to collapse mid-run. It’s a non-contact injury, a frustrating...
Bookended by the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD in January and Grand Theft Auto 6, at the end of the year (it’s already winning wards...
Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born...
Do you find yourself tossing away the crusts of your bread? You’re not alone, but the scale of bread waste is staggering. Around 10% of the 185...
With President Donald Trump installed for a second term, one big item on the new administration’s agenda appears to be rearranging the media...
King Frederick X of Denmark announced a change of the royal coat of arms on January 1 this year. This change was understood by many – rightly or...
At some point during a political leader’s final term they start to become prey to what is commonly known as “lame duck syndrome”. Donald Trump...
When Mark Zuckerberg recently announced sweeping changes to his company Meta’s work practices in anticipation of a Trump 2.0 presidency,...
Donald Trump said he’d be a “dictator for a day” when he returned to the Oval Office for a second term. And he certainly hit the ground...
The Los Angeles wildfires have exposed a controversial practice that starkly illustrates the divide between the city’s wealthy elite and the...
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable, according to surviving written records. New DNA...
Boxer Tyson Fury recently announced that he was retiring from the sport. Just like he did in 2013 and 2017. And then again in 2022. Maybe this time...
Less red meat is good for the planet and a growing number of people have started the new year resolving to pursue a meat-free diet. Besides being...
With California poised for more fires and a climate-change denying plutocrat back in the White House, the London opening of Joe Murphy and Joe...
Dame Joan Plowright, who has died aged 95, was an actress of enormous and wide-ranging talent across a 60-year stage and screen career. Plowright...
Gangrene, or a rapidly spreading foot abscess. Sound like diseases of the past? Well, sadly not. Leg amputation is one of the oldest surgical...
Guernica by Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous artworks of the 20th century. The painting is huge and violent, and when it was first displayed...
E.M. Forster’s final novel and masterpiece, A Passage to India, celebrated its centenary in 2024. It tells the story of Adela Quested, who arrives...
Homer’s Iliad is so canonical in world literature that even without having read the epic, most people are familiar with the broad scenario of the...
Have you noticed “regenerative” popping up on food labels or in marketing ads? It sounds promising – farming that heals the soil and helps...
A team of academic researchers, lawyers and journalists from 16 European countries has exposed a huge lobbying campaign aimed at gutting a proposed...
For a superpower like the US, free trade is, in practice, an invitation to partake in its wealth. But it also implies an obligation, including...
Imagine you are at sea facing a violent battle with an enemy ship. The experienced 17th-century surgeon John Moyle asked his reader to do just...
Sobering images of fires in Los Angeles highlight one of the few cases where some of those who contributed the most to climate change are also...
Donald Trump has been sworn in as president of the US for a second term – and this time there won’t be any arguments about crowd sizes. The...
“It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates,” echoed the introduction line in the manifesto of the Christchurch shooter...
That satisfying feeling after doomscrolling through endless TikTok videos or impulsively shopping online mimics the relief of scratching an itch....
The dark, surrealistic artistic vision of David Lynch, whose death was announced on January 16, was shown through films like Eraserhead (1977),...
The new US president, Donald Trump, has given TikTok a reprieve one day after a law came into effect banning the Chinese-owned app in the US on...
The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people wondering: who’s most likely to embrace AI in their daily lives? Many assume it’s the...
When an 84-year-old man in Hong Kong went to hospital with an enlarged prostate, doctors were startled to see that his skin – and even the whites...
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now...
More than a month has passed since Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group, became the de facto leader...
“It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates. It’s the birthrates,” echoed the introduction line in the manifesto of the Christchurch shooter...
A proposed tidal energy scheme on Liverpool’s River Mersey is entering an early assessment and consultation phase. This multi-billion pound...
In a world increasingly obsessed with cleanliness, antimicrobial chemicals have become a staple in everyday life. From soaps and cosmetics to...
The administration of new US president Donald Trump is reportedly considering various options to prevent Iran from being able to build a nuclear...
The late filmmaker David Lynch’s unique approach to storytelling, with TV and films like Twin Peaks (1990-2017), Blue Velvet (1986) and...
The cultural sound and imagery of Bob Dylan has long eclipsed his personal identity. He has always been an elusive figure who seemingly endures...