Author: The Conversation

Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds

Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds

AI is helping ease competition for scarce space on the airwaves

AI is helping ease competition for scarce space on the airwaves

AI is helping businesses learn what customers will pay – and workers will accept

AI is helping businesses learn what customers will pay – and workers will accept

How ‘hyperselection’ is making modern life efficient, pleasant – and boring

How ‘hyperselection’ is making modern life efficient, pleasant – and boring

How Facebook’s News Feed kicked off the age of the algorithm

How Facebook’s News Feed kicked off the age of the algorithm

Fire and floods are usually treated as separate hazards. Portugal’s Pinhal Interior shows why they are part of the same cycle

Fire and floods are usually treated as separate hazards. Portugal’s Pinhal Interior shows why they are part of the same cycle

Does ‘R U OK? Day’ actually improve people’s mental health?

Does ‘R U OK? Day’ actually improve people’s mental health?

Eating a handful of nuts each day is linked with lower risk of high blood pressure, our research shows

Eating a handful of nuts each day is linked with lower risk of high blood pressure, our research shows

How Indigenous Protected Areas became a vital way to protect nature in Australia

How Indigenous Protected Areas became a vital way to protect nature in Australia

Proposed laws would let you opt out of social media algorithms. An expert explains

Proposed laws would let you opt out of social media algorithms. An expert explains

Testosterone maxxing is all the rage – but when it comes to fatherhood, less might be more

Testosterone maxxing is all the rage – but when it comes to fatherhood, less might be more

The product is the problem: Why Meta’s billion settlement matters beyond America

The product is the problem: Why Meta’s $17 billion settlement matters beyond America

How a little stress may help our cells protect themselves

How a little stress may help our cells protect themselves

A mosquito that can transmit Zika has bred in London – but that doesn’t mean the virus is spreading in people there

A mosquito that can transmit Zika has bred in London – but that doesn’t mean the virus is spreading in people there

Compared to driving, flying is extraordinarily safe – but why doesn’t it feel that way?

Compared to driving, flying is extraordinarily safe – but why doesn’t it feel that way?

I’m trying to lose weight. Will exercising make me hungrier and eat more?

I’m trying to lose weight. Will exercising make me hungrier and eat more?

The pastry paradox: why are the Danes slimmer than Britons?

The pastry paradox: why are the Danes slimmer than Britons?

Farmer-poet Wendell Berry’s environmental ethics were deeply rooted in his Christian faith and belief in caring for creation

Farmer-poet Wendell Berry’s environmental ethics were deeply rooted in his Christian faith and belief in caring for creation