Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

UNBELIEVABLE: 64 | History Defined

Deaf and hard-of-hearing students need more support from their universities – South Africa study

Adjusting to university life tends to be tough no matter who you are. But what happens when deafness makes the usual demands even more difficult? Deaf students or those who are hard of hearing need extra accessibility measures to ensure they’re able to participate in even basic academic activities like…

The Conversation

Peter Dutton makes Labor’s case. Tax breaks for landlords should be restricted to those who build homes

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton might have done us a favour.

The Conversation

Any online ‘kidfluencer’ content or images of children can be sexualised, as Four Corners report shows. So what can be done?

The latest episode of the ABC’s flagship investigative program, Four Corners, makes for grim viewing.

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

What’s the difference between fiscal and monetary policy?

This article is part two of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask leading experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance.

The Conversation

Why is my dog so cute? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast

Do you think your dog is the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? Ten-year-old Grace does! But why?

The Conversation

I served as a college president for nearly two decades – I know choosing the right commencement speaker can be fraught with risks

The 2024 commencement season has been one of the most contentious in recent memory. Amid pro-Palestinian protests at campuses nationwide over the war in the Gaza Strip, some universities – such as Columbia University and the University of Southern California – have canceled their commencement ceremonies. Others, such as Duke…

The Conversation

Chad hepatitis E outbreak: how the dangerous liver disease spreads and how it can be treated

The World Health Organization recently announced an outbreak of hepatitis E in the eastern Ouaddai province of Chad. Between January and April 2024, 2,093 suspected hepatitis E cases were reported from two health districts. The Conversation Africa asked Kolawole Oluseyi Akande, a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist, to explain the causes,…

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Assisted dying: Canada grapples with plans to extend euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness

For decades, people who want to end their life with the help of a doctor, and who have the means to do so, have travelled to a handful of countries, commonly Switzerland, for euthanasia.

The Conversation

AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations

The rise of AI might explain why the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect the signatures of advanced technical civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy.

Space

Astronomers just discovered a comet that could be brighter than most stars when we see it next year. Or will it?

Although it is still more than 18 months from its closest approach to Earth and the sun, comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS already has social media buzzing, with optimistic articles being written about how it could be a spectacular sight.

Space

5 years later, Mueller questions linger

Why didn’t the full report become public?

Salon

What are nacreous clouds?

Learn more about nacreous clouds, also known as polar stratospheric clouds. We take a look at how these colorful clouds form and why they're so rare.

Space

Latinos are Drastically Underrepresented at the Local Government Level, Data Shows

A report by The Conversation illustrates the claim with figures from city, county and school board officials

Latin Times

What exactly is "Veganuary?"

"These health benefits increase as people eat fewer animal products"

Salon

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Six ways inequality holds back climate action

Are improvements to green technologies, like better batteries and more efficient solar panels, enough on their own to tackle climate change? Unfortunately not. Our behaviour and lifestyles must change too.

The Conversation

Curious Kids: how much money is there in the world?

How much money is there in the world? – Tsubamé, aged ten, London

The Conversation

Global heating may breach 1.5°C in 2024 – here's what that could look like

It’s official: 2023 was Earth’s hottest year ever recorded, beating the previous record set in 2016 by a huge margin. Last year was also the first in which the world was close to 1.5°C (1.48°C) hotter than the pre-industrial average (1850-1900). We are brushing against the threshold scientists urged us…

Space

Crystal-studded space rock found in the Sahara may rewrite the history of the early solar system

The rocks were found in May 2020 in the Erg Chech sand sea, in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: Zelensky's defiant new year speech foreshadows tough 2024 as government tightens conscription laws

Ukraine is alive. Ukraine lives. Ukraine fights. Ukraine advances, Ukraine overcomes the path. Ukraine gains. Ukraine works. Ukraine exists.

The Conversation

Renewables now generate more of Britain's electricity than fossil fuels – but what happens next?

At the start of 2016, in an article noting some exciting changes in British energy, The Conversation published the following paragraph:

The Conversation

Pundits: Central to democracy, or partisan spewers of opinion who destroy trust

Walter Lippmann, who lived from 1889 to 1974, was an early and prime example of the public intellectual as pundit commenting on news of the day.

The Conversation

Wolves return to Europe: what to do about them is a people problem – podcast

Wolves are making a comeback across Europe. As their populations grow, 65,000 livestock are killed each year by wolves. Now, moves are underway to change the protection status of the wolf in the European Union.

The Conversation

Expert advice to help young people keep their new year resolutions

If you’re in need of some extra motivation to stick to your new year resolutions, there’s no better place to look than The Conversation’s archives. Our Quarter Life series is full of expert advice to help readers in their 20s and 30s navigate life’s transitions. Read on for some pieces…

The Conversation

'Leaveism' and 'presenteeism' continue even when employers are more flexible – here's how to be happier at work

Way back in February 2020, before most of us really knew anything about COVID, we wrote an article for The Conversation about “leaveism” and its impact on flexible working. Barely a month later, the world was bracing for a pandemic that would inadvertently create the largest (forced) working experiment of…

The Conversation

Israel's highest court protects its power to curb government extremism − 3 essential reads

In the midst of Israel’s fierce war against Hamas in Gaza, the country’s highest court on New Year’s Day drew attention back to a previous conflict within the country. In a narrowly divided decision, the justices struck down a significant part of the contentious judicial reform passed in July 2023…

1 … 63 64 65 66

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations