How dark personality traits may affect the relationship between coaches and athletes who win gold this summer
The coach-athlete relationship is key to achieving greatness in elite sports. And at the Paris…
Love for cats lures students into this course, which uses feline research to teach science
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.…
Menopause increases your risk of STIs due to how aging changes your body
Diagnoses for sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are increasing in older adults. The Centers for…
What matters to First Nations children in Australia? A new app is helping us find out
Australian children are among the healthiest in the world. However, First Nations children continue to…
What happens in an autopsy? A forensics expert explains
Sometimes it’s unclear how or why a person died. A detailed examination of the body…
The discovery of a new Earth-like planet could shed further light on what makes a planet habitable
In an exciting breakthrough for astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial life, a team of…
Robocars promise to improve traffic even when most of the cars around them are driven by people, study finds
Robotic vehicles can optimize the flow of traffic in cities even when mixed in with…
The Higgs particle could have ended the universe by now – here’s why we’re still here
Although our universe may seem stable, having existed for a whopping 13.7 billion years, several…
I heard there’s an aurora coming. How do I check?
Few sights in the night sky are as awe-inspiring as aurora. The vibrant dancing lights…
A new ‘guest star’ will appear in the sky in 2024 − a space scientist explains how nova events work and where to look
The stars aren’t fixed and unchanging, unlike what many ancient people thought. Once in a…