Chocaholic nations win more Nobel Prizes, but that doesn’t mean much. It’s easy to link two things – the hard part is working out which one causes the other.
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What does it mean if young men sense that their masculinity is under threat? Or if they sense a bleak and hopeless future?
Dubai has many images. Being a hub for international research probably isn’t one, yet
Peer review is often assumed to guarantee quality, but it doesn’t always work so well in practice.
What Universal Impact has learnt from a year of producing the Research Reach Roundup newsletter
There has been a huge public debate about whether there is sufficient direct evidence of social media harm. But there are many mechanisms that make the link clear.
Can stories about detectives from days gone by help students learn to think more critically? An English lecturer provides clues through a course that features novels about sleuths from a bygone era.
The key to understanding shifts in climate and life on Earth is sustained long-term research. Enabling this research to take place should be a priority for universities and governments.
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Don’t be fooled by the image of a mad scientist isolated in his basement laboratory. Science is a collaborative endeavor, and international teams have contributed to a huge rise in scientific output.
Health leaders, researchers, advocacy groups, companies and the public have saved millions of lives by reducing the consumption of unhealthy products.
Getting into a taxi with a stranger at 11pm could be an awkward experience. The Conversation makes things easier though.
A new study found the benefits of amateur sport outweigh the risks of a single blow to the head – but repeated concussions are likely to do more damage.
The format produced a stimulating discussion, highly revelant to the work we do here at The Conversation.
New research shows women see their own fate as tied to that of other women - just one reason JD Vance’s attack was ill-advised.
We don’t yet know the health effects of microplastics in the brain. But until we find out more, it’s best to limit our exposure to plastics where we can.
Aid successfully narrowed gender gaps in nearly every country researchers examined.
AI systems mass-producing cheap research would be bad news for an already struggling scientific ecosystem.
Students can play to their strengths in this anthropology course designed to teach them how to present research findings in ways other than a peer-reviewed paper.
Many jurisdictions treat pet theft like property theft, assigning dogs dollar values and failing to account for their emotional importance.
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