With the proliferation of social media platforms, smart devices and apps, the demands on our attention have never been greater. But how is this affecting our ability to process and retain information?
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 led to civilian death and displacement. Twenty years later, Iraqis are telling their stories of conflict and trauma as they move towards healing.
A US-led coalition and China are both planning to establish bases on the Moon. How the two nations will navigate actions on the Moon and how other countries will be involved is still unclear.
It seems we are pretty lucky to have gravity that is just right for life.
Political will is necessary for governments to move away from oil. But alternative energies are not all that they seem, and should be considered carefully beyond the appearance of sustainability.
New technologies are often surrounded by hopeful messages that they will alleviate poverty and bring about positive social change. History shows these assumptions are often misplaced.
Physics makes a lot of assumptions about time that may be getting in the way of understanding the fourth dimension.
Public health measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic meant that many people experienced social isolation. But the pandemic didn’t invent loneliness, and its impacts on our health are growing.
Restoring entire ecosystems is a difficult and expensive process. Thankfully, certain species, called ecosystem engineers, can make restoration easier. Gaining social and political support is critical too.
Medicine works better when the treatments are tailored to fit each individual person’s biology and history. A first step is increasing diversity in clinical trials, but the end goal is precision medicine.
During the global COVID-19 pandemic, people started moving into smaller cities, drawn by the possibility of more affordable and pleasant quality of life.
In the multiverse, a few universes should, statistically speaking, be life-friendly.
If we accepted that the future could influence the past, we could get rid of many counter-intuitive aspects of quantum mechanics.
PODCAST: Between a third and half of Europe’s population died from the Black Death. The first episode of a new podcast series from The Anthill on how the world recovered from past shocks.
It has been one year since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and six months since the first pictures were released. Astronomers are already learning unexpected things about the early universe.
🎧 Listen to the trailer for Great Mysteries of Physics, a new podcast.
PODCAST: Part one of the Expert guide to conspiracy theories from The Conversation’s Anthill podcast.
Listen to the first episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
Amid further strain on public funding, we ask: What’s the future of the welfare state in developed and developing nations?
PODCAST: The first episode of a new series from The Anthill focuses on precision medicine.
