By Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor, The Conversation
Rachael Jolley, Environment Editor, The Conversation
Anna Turns (AT), senior environment editor and Rachael Jolley (RJ), environment editor, showcase climate-friendly ways to transform your living spaces.
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By Chiara De Gregorio, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick
Humans are not the only animals that communicate. Birds sing to attract mates, dolphins use signature whistles that identify individuals, and many primates produce complex vocalisations that help them coordinate their social lives.
By studying these communication systems, researchers can reconstruct some of the evolutionary steps that eventually led to one of our defining traits: language.
Language doesn’t just mean making sounds – it requires an extraordinary ability to control them. Human speech…
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By Elliot Convery-Fisher, Research Fellow in Socio-Ecology of Fire Management, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Kate Parkins, Bushfire Risk Analyst, The University of Melbourne
Wildfires are becoming a feature of the UK’s hotter, drier climate.
In July 2026, major fires swept through parts of the UK in a matter of days – notably setting Arthur’s Seat, the extinct volcano in the centre of Edinburgh, alight. The Scottish Greens labelled wildfires a “national emergency”…
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By Irit Katz, Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge
Israel is gearing up for an election at the end of October. And, with the Likud party of the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in the polls, his government is pushing through measures which aim to dramatically expand Israeli control over Palestinian land on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The October 27 poll will be the first since Hamas’s October 2023 attack, the bloodiest…
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By Susanna Phillippo, Senior Lecturer in Classics, Newcastle University
Sally Waite, Senior Lecturer in Greek Art and Archaeology History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University
Homer’s Odyssey, with its fabulous monsters and intense tale of human endurance, was a natural candidate for Christopher Nolan’s latest Hollywood blockbuster. But amid all the fantasy and heroic human drama, there are two far more homely scenes in the poem which remain among the epic’s most memorable. Both involve animals.
One is the touching, tragically brief reunion of the hero (played in the film by Matt Damon) with his faithful dog Argos. It’s a deceptively low-key episode which reflects powerfully on the…
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By Minakshi Raj, Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Caregivers often don’t recognize how much time, energy and effort is dedicated to their nutrition-related responsibilities, and many feel unprepared for them.
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By Lucinda M. Finley, Professor of Law and Director of Appellate Advocacy, University at Buffalo
Although states have the power to regulate medical care, they cannot exercise that power by prohibiting speech on medical topics that the state disagrees with.
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By Andrew Yockey, Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
A dangerous social media trend that started in 2020 has persisted into 2026, with heartbreaking consequences.
In May and June 2026, four American teens died participating in the “Benadryl…
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By William Burgos, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Penn State
Nathaniel Warner, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Penn State
Wastewater from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas wells is salty and radioactive, and doesn’t suppress dust. Two researchers explain why it keeps ending up on rural roads.
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By Kevin T. Smiley, Associate Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University
Deepti Singh, Associate Professor School of the Environment, Washington State University
Jennifer Marlon, Research Scientist, Yale University
Jim Hurrell, Professor and Scott Presidential Chair in Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado State University
A National Academy of Sciences report examined the latest advances in extreme event attribution science. As four of the authors explain, the type of disaster makes a difference.
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