By Caroline Southey, Founding Editor, Africa, The Conversation
Jabulani Sikhakhane, Editor, The Conversation
We have retracted an article, “The transatlantic slave trade is the gravest crime against humanity – why the UN declaration matters”.
It was brought to our attention that the author was no longer affiliated to Colgate University, a point the author did not disclose when he was commissioned and the article was being processed. All authors writing for The Conversation require a university affiliation.
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By Jeremy Howick, Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
Taylor Little became so badly addicted to her smartphone that she felt she had lost many of her teenage years. “I was literally trapped by addiction at age 12 and lost my teenage years because of it,” she said. Her addiction was to social media, which led to suicide attempts and prolonged depression.
Molly Russell, at just 14, took her own life. Her parents…
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By Rebecca Scott, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy, Cardiff University
We love the magic of eating out. Instagrammable plates, a curated atmosphere, chefs that can serve artistry in every delectable bite. But what if our pleasure is part of an illusion? Behind many opulent dining rooms lies a harder truth: the taste and spectacle we celebrate are too often produced in kitchen cultures shaped by fear, humiliation and even violence.
René Redzepi of the renowned Danish restaurant Noma has recently quit after 35 staff members alleged he had been physically and emotionally abusive…
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By Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
Emily Rayfield, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Bristol
The study of dinosaurs has been through a revolution in recent decades. The story began half a century ago, when Robert McNeill Alexander, a professor of zoology at the University of Leeds, showed how the speed of an animal could be calculated from the spacing of its footprints and its body size.
This formula worked both for modern and extinct animals and so, for the first time, the speed of a dinosaur could be estimated from a fossilised trackway. Alexander calculated speeds for different dinosaurs of between…
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By George Ferns, Senior Lecturer in Business and Society, University of Bath
In business, nature often gets reduced to numbers: emissions targets, sustainability metrics, biodiversity data. But when professionals rely too heavily on what’s measurable, they can risk missing what’s meaningful. One of the most effective ways to tackle this is through outdoor education.
For business students and professionals, this approach offers something conventional leadership programs often miss. Outdoors, environmental issues become tangible. Ecosystems, soil, and water are no longer abstract case…
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By Robert Blasiak, Associate Professor in Ocean Stewardship, Stockholm University
Paul Conville, Research Assistant, Climate Resilience, Stockholm University
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By Sheikh Mehzabin Chitra
Lasting peace cannot be delivered from a distance. It must grow within communities themselves shaped by local realities, and supported by international partners willing to listen before they act.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has quashed a push by his Special Minister of State Don Farrell to increase the size of the federal parliament.
Albanese was blunt in response to questioning from Opposition Leader Angus Taylor asking him to rule out an expansion.
He told parliament he was satisfied with the current number of 150 members of the House of Representatives and 12 senators from each state. He was also “very satisfied” with the current composition of the parliament.
He added: “I have been very privileged to have the best campaign director I have ever…
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By Kerry Brown, Professor of Employment and Industry, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
The decision will go some way to improve pay equity for young adults. But it will not directly address some other issues of fairness in the workplace.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief senators at the US Capitol, Washington DC, January 7, 2026. © 2026 Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Photo (Washington, DC) — The United States’ latest strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, which reportedly killed four people, highlights a sustained pattern of unlawful use of lethal force outside any context of armed conflict, amounting to extrajudicial executions, Human Rights Watch said today.The US Southern Command announced on March 25, 2026, that it had carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” against a boat it said…
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