Author: The Conversation

  By Anders Sandberg, James Martin Research Fellow, University of Oxford

  Many governments, including the US, already collect and make public population statistics that could help them prepare for the next pandemic

What is it about chamomile tea, milk and cocoa that could help us sleep better, and what does the evidence say?

If we want to decentralise power online, governments will have to overcome their nationalistic impulses

Benjamin Franklin spoke and wrote in ways that, if taken up now, could begin to erode the polarization of the current era

Critics of the UK’s public broadcaster will be sharpening their knives over the latest scandal

Choosing the right “cocktail” of light activity, exercise and sitting, can improve health and decrease risk of premature death.

Covid is surging in the world’s most vaccinated country. Why?

If there ever was a global health system, then it has gone sadly missing when we needed it most

How people choose partners is surprisingly similar (but depends on age)

Paying out for vital services has a serious impact on mental health

  Accessing India’s digital consumers is seen as the key to future growth for big tech companies like Facebook

  Or have we reached peak human intelligence?

At the first hint the virus was receding, people pushed to get life back to normal. Unfortunately another surge of the disease followed

Clashes in Jerusalem have led to rocket attacks and airstrikes in Gaza