By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Sociologist Art Jipson talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how clamouring for the release of the Epstein files grew on fringe spaces of the internet.
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By Alexandra Lourenço Dias, Camões Lecturer in Lusophone Studies, King's College London
At first glance, these look like sketches – the kind artists make on the way to something more finished. But that expectation doesn’t quite hold. The drawings assert themselves: restless, unresolved, and often more direct than the paintings they eventually lead to. This is Story Line, the latest exhibition of Paula Rego at the Victoria Miro gallery in London.
Dame Paula Rego was born in Lisbon in 1935, grew up under the Estado Novo…
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By Lynsey Cowlishaw, PhD Candidate in History and Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London
Ellizabeth I’s refusal to go to bed was a deliberate final act, shaped by a lifetime of political strategy, emotional restraint and unresolved reckoning.
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By David Harnesk, Associate Professor, Sustainability Science, Lund University
Political debates about the future of forests in Sweden and the EU are reaching an impasse. Producing more wood comes at the expense of nature and the storage of carbon within trees and soils. Conserving and restoring more forests may limit commercial wood production.
But it is important for both economists and conservationists to recognise how these forests support reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus). This species evolved in conjunction with the natural dynamics of boreal forest ecosystems in northern Fennoscandia – an area covering the Scandinavian peninsula, mainland Finland,…
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By Alan Ruddock, Associate Professor of Sport Physiology and Performance, Sheffield Hallam University
Mayur Ranchordas, Professor of Applied Sport Nutrition and Sport Nutrition Consultant, Sheffield Hallam University
Sebastian Sawe ripped open a carbohydrate gel sachet and slurped it five minutes before the start of the 2026 London Marathon. Sixty minutes later, he inhaled another one before smashing through the two-hour marathon barrier.
Sawe might have been the first sub-two-hour marathon runner, but he’s certainly not the first to be powered by an energy gel. It’s estimated that over 70%…
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By Madeleine Pownall, Associate Professor in Psychology , University of Leeds
In the US state park of Robbers Cave, Oklahoma, Carolyn Wood Sherif is standing squinting up at the sun. The two wooden cabins before her rattle with shrieks and cries from excited 11-year-old boys. They have been split into two groups of 11 and encouraged to bond.
Over three long, laborious weeks in the summer of 1954, Wood Sherif watches as these boys become enthusiastically dedicated to their allocated groups. When instructed to compete for resources, they grow hostile towards their opponents. The experiment descends into inter-group violence…
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By David M. Pritchard, Associate Professor of Greek History, The University of Queensland
What did Thucydides really say on this? And what’s Athens and Sparta got to do with the current state of US-China relations?
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By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Ian Jamie, Senior Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Wai-Jo Jocelin Chan, Pharmacist and Lecturer, UNSW Sydney; University of Sydney
This vitamin plays a crucial role in maintaining overall health. But that doesn’t mean you need to take a supplement.
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By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
Young children are spending less and less time outdoors. Most Australian preschool children don’t play outside every day. This is despite research that suggests time spent in non-urban outdoor environments is linked to better physical and mental health, social competence, resilience and stronger learning outcomes.
Polyglot Theatre’s new work, Forest, is a direct response to these alarming statistics.…
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By Shireen Daft, Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University
The Tatmawdaw – the military government in Myanmar – has reportedly expanded a ban on menstrual products from being transported in the country across key routes, as part of the ongoing civil war in the country.
This targeting of sanitary pads appears to be an extension of the military’s so-called…
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