Author: The Conversation

News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires

News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires

1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes – but other animals can be more likely to eat them

1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes – but other animals can be more likely to eat them

Neighbors and strangers pulled together to help LA fire survivors – 60 years of research shows these unsung heroes are crucial to disaster response

Neighbors and strangers pulled together to help LA fire survivors – 60 years of research shows these unsung heroes are crucial to disaster response

Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research

Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research

From securing pets to building ‘insect hotels’ – here are 7 ways to attract birds to your garden

From securing pets to building ‘insect hotels’ – here are 7 ways to attract birds to your garden

What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there

What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there

Like being trapped behind a pane of glass – depersonalisation, derealisation disorder explained

Like being trapped behind a pane of glass – depersonalisation, derealisation disorder explained

Why are people taking selfies in front of the LA wildfires?

Why are people taking selfies in front of the LA wildfires?

We built an AI model that analysed millions of images of retreating glaciers – what it found is alarming

We built an AI model that analysed millions of images of retreating glaciers – what it found is alarming

How smaller, more affordable electric cars can accelerate the green transition

How smaller, more affordable electric cars can accelerate the green transition

What should I do if I can’t see a psychiatrist?

What should I do if I can’t see a psychiatrist?

the filmmaker with singular vision who believed that ‘no one really dies’

the filmmaker with singular vision who believed that ‘no one really dies’

While Hollywood ignored stories of Black resistance, Cuban filmmakers celebrated Black power

While Hollywood ignored stories of Black resistance, Cuban filmmakers celebrated Black power

Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse

Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse

Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the community − emphasizing research focused on solutions

Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the community − emphasizing research focused on solutions

How the literature of fire can help readers find hope among the ashes

How the literature of fire can help readers find hope among the ashes

Staring blankly at your screen? You probably have post holiday blues. The good news is you can get through it

Staring blankly at your screen? You probably have post holiday blues. The good news is you can get through it

we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world

we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world