In episode 2 of The Conversation's new podcast series, we look at how people reacted to the moon landing – and why some still believe it was a hoax.
Climate change is accelerating and species are dying out at a record rate. Experts imagine how inviting nature into our lives could help.
The road ahead remains rocky for Greece’s newly elected prime minister.
Universities play a significant role in the high and rising air travel footprint – and they need to do more about it.
DNA profiling is one of the most reliable techniques we have, but it can be misused.
New report reveals big cats are kept in awful conditions. But the link to poaching in the wild is not clear cut.
Ten years after the onset of Greece’s biggest crisis since World War II, radical populism is running out of steam.
Zero-hours contracts exploit workers and need to be banned.
Research has found that students suffer lower levels of well-being when they don’t regularly use their greatest strengths of character.
Britain’s councils are cutting roadside verges less often to allow vibrant wildflower meadows to bloom.
A small trial suggests a powerful new way of beating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
China wages ‘war on air pollution’, but turning away from fossil fuels towards natural gas has its challenges.
New research has found several physical and mental health indicators that often appear before an eating disorder diagnosis.
Australia’s aggressive tennis star has been unfairly maligned in this instance.
Why the UK should follow the US lead in plans to issue an annual certificate of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
Medicals will be happening left, right and centre ahead of transfer deadline day, here’s what a screening actually entails.
The 2019 season has been one of Mount Everest’s deadliest for climbers.
Pressure from US tariffs on Chinese goods is forcing China to restructure its economy, become more innovative and it is boosting domestic morale.
The rice-eating fall armyworm has spread across Asia in a year and is now found in half the provinces of China.
Singer Bilie Eilish has spoken about her Tourette’s. We need more people like her to speak out.
Development should not be pursued at the expense of the very people who helped to create value and meaning in the city.
Tradition is all very well, but the number one tennis tournament should be played on the best surface – and that’s not grass.
The food system urgently needs to be redesigned if we are to avoid crisis.
The main distinguishing feature of Osborne’s policy record was presiding over one of the worst economic recoveries in British history.
Scotland successfully targeted its smoking problem, now it needs to do the same for obesity.