Author: The Conversation

What is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the ground beneath our feet, as a soil scientist explains

What is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the ground beneath our feet, as a soil scientist explains

Excessively high rents are a major burden for immigrants in US cities

Excessively high rents are a major burden for immigrants in US cities

How nature can alter our sense of time

How nature can alter our sense of time

What we learned from teaching a course on the science of happiness

What we learned from teaching a course on the science of happiness

why Australians love going to the cinema

why Australians love going to the cinema

Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations

Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations

when stars destroy and eat their own planets

when stars destroy and eat their own planets

Alien invasions, a lesbian road movie and tropical architecture – the best things to watch and do this week

Alien invasions, a lesbian road movie and tropical architecture – the best things to watch and do this week

Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?

Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?

Social media apps have billions of ‘active users’. But what does that really mean?

Social media apps have billions of ‘active users’. But what does that really mean?

‘Empathetic’ AI has more to do with psychopathy than emotional intelligence

‘Empathetic’ AI has more to do with psychopathy than emotional intelligence

California is wrestling with electricity prices – here’s how to design a system that covers the cost of fixing the grid while keeping prices fair

California is wrestling with electricity prices – here’s how to design a system that covers the cost of fixing the grid while keeping prices fair

For centuries, owls were considered to bring bad luck in many cultures as well as in the US, but the outpouring of grief in New York over Flaco shows how times have changed

For centuries, owls were considered to bring bad luck in many cultures as well as in the US, but the outpouring of grief in New York over Flaco shows how times have changed

Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for

Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for

Gazans are paying the price

Gazans are paying the price

Terrorist content lurks all over the internet – regulating only 6 major platforms won’t be nearly enough

Terrorist content lurks all over the internet – regulating only 6 major platforms won’t be nearly enough

Are you one of the millions about to have cataract surgery? Here’s what ophthalmologists say you need to know

Are you one of the millions about to have cataract surgery? Here’s what ophthalmologists say you need to know

Chimpanzees stayed in an ‘invisible cage’ after zoo enclosure was enlarged – South African study

Chimpanzees stayed in an ‘invisible cage’ after zoo enclosure was enlarged – South African study