Swedish academics suffer widespread threat and harassment – most of it from their own colleagues and students
Last week, Ally Louks (now Dr. Louks), an academic at the University of Cambridge, posted…
The patron saint of the internet who shaped knowledge for generations
In a world where information flows freely, it’s easy to forget that, for centuries, knowledge…
We’ve found an answer to the puzzle of how the largest galaxies formed
It is as humbling as it is motivating to think about how much we still…
Polluting shipwrecks are the ticking time-bomb at the bottom of our oceans
At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two…
Writing long reads for The Conversation can be ‘instrumental’ in developing research – Insights story updates
Each story for Insights, The Conversation’s longform investigative series, typically takes months to produce, building…
Why time slows down in altered states of consciousness
We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations. For…
Humans will soon be able to mine on the Moon. But should we? 4 questions to consider
By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the…
How to catch a supernova explosion before it happens – and what we can learn from it
Stars are born, live and die in spectacular ways, with their deaths marked by one…
From brain maps to living bridges: the innovations set to reshape life in 2025
Whoever thinks research is not exciting might be in for a surprise. In 2025, we…
The discovery of a rare new fossil sheds light on NZ’s extinct dolphin-like reptiles
Ichthyosaurs were reptiles that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. They…