From scooping to skincare, online trends are reshaping how we talk about periods. But menstruation is complex, varied and still under researched.
- Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
Celebrity-backed devices promise meditative ‘sober trips’. Researchers are studying how rhythmic light reshapes visual experience and mood.
Humans have the hardware for scent, but hygiene and fragrance norms shape what we notice, fear and judge.
Microscopic mites are part of human biology. Some live harmlessly in our pores but others can trigger allergies, inflammation or infection.
From humming and ice baths to medical implants, the vagus nerve is everywhere. But what does it actually do and can you really reset it? Listen and watch the Strange Health podcast to find out more.
From knuckle pops to neck crunches, joint cracking is common and oddly satisfying. But what’s actually happening inside the body?
Sharp, solid stones form inside the human body more often than you might think. Watch and listen to episode two of The Conversation’s Strange Health podcast to find out how, where, and why.
Watch or listen to the first episode of Strange Health, a new podcast from The Conversation exploring the weird, surprising and sometimes alarming things our bodies do.
Listen and watch the trailer for a new podcast exploring the health questions people are obsessing over online, and exploring the weird and wonderful about the body.
Germaine Greer’s recent comments on rape are troublingly glib.
Go Rihanna!
Dalam kisah penyaliban Yesus, tidak banyak orang membahas kasus pelecehan seksual yang juga dialami Yesus.
Mary Magdelene film props up a view of Judaism as archaic, unchanging and out of date.
Jesus and Mary are white, while an unsympathetic Peter is played with a cod ‘African’ accent.
Crucifixion was more than just physical punishment, it was also a devastating emotional and psychological act of violence.
In three Gospels, Christ suffers in silence, while in the fourth he speaks out. Either way, the result is the same: crucifixtion and death.
We still live in a violent world – and the Bible can help children understand it.
There’s talk of a new ‘Christian crusade’ – and it’s highly dangerous.
The singer has been criticised for ‘fetishising’ motherhood. But by disrupting stereotypes she is striking a major blow for black women.
The construction of a white Christian identity that is threatened by ‘outsiders’ has a long and troubling legacy.
Women are constantly implicitly blamed, both in the Bible and in contemporary culture, for their rape.
How to challenge centuries of bigotry with a single image – and bump Trump off the front pages.
50 years after Time magazine’s famous ‘Is God Dead?’ cover, Church attendance numbers are tumbling. But that doesn’t mean Christianity is on the way out.
Gender is still a black and white topic in some quarters.
Has it really always been an absolute no no?
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