Tag: The Conversation

  National security must be redefined to reflect new sources of security threats of the type that occurred at the U.S. Capitol

  It is not just that power checks power, but that each branch performs a distinctive function in co-ordination with the others

  The brain is surprisingly changeable

  By exclusively focusing on the things we think will make us happy, we blind ourselves to the other things in life that matter

  Covid-19 vaccines: How Pfizer’s and Moderna’s 95% effective mRNA shots work

  The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine needs to be stored at -80⁰C

  In science, vaccine efficacy and effectiveness mean something different

A theologian argues, based on the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, that a political institution has its limits when it comes to being called ‘sacred’

While the debates about Kamala Harris’ multiraciality may seem new, they are similar to the commentary other high-profile mixed-race people in the US have received about their racial

  With a long winter approaching and the virus gripping Europe, the ongoing battle between health and the economy, lockdowns and personal freedoms, will prove hugely challenging

  Tourism in the South Pacific has been hit hard by COVID-19 border closures with thousands of people out of work.

  Disenfranchisement and disinformation have been rife in the 2020 election – and may continue to play significant roles in its aftermath

In the context of the pandemic, being old is seen as just one more comorbidity. It should not be

  Researchers are imagining what the world might look like in 2048 — and the new forms of inequality and injustice that might exist

Asian American voters leave a Temple City, California, polling place in 2012, in the state’s first legislative district that is majority Asian American. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images