Category: The Conversation

Psychologists have identified three potential barriers to vaccination: capability, opportunity and motivation.

Have you ever been targeted with ads that are scarily specific to you, and wondered how the app or website could have known?

What it takes for technologies to go from breakthrough to big time

The outbreak of Covid-19 could be used as a building block in the future to reinforce international co-operation and strengthen the pillars of globalization

  If Google searches and social media posts are any indicators, lots of people are asking which COVID vaccine is best. But vaccines aren’t like laptops or washing

It is unlikely that we will reach full herd immunity for Covid-19. However, we are likely to reach a practical kind of herd immunity through vaccination

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  The images projected to fans of the sport have always been intentional. Here’s what they do to keep people onside

  A different interpretation of time might explain why people see their whole lives replayed to them in a split second

Wriggling out of paying taxes may be legal, but is it right? Aristotle, Immanuel Kant – and others – have their say

  Researchers think they’ve calculated the limit of human lifespan – but there’s more to it.

Bat hosts, lab leaks – tracing SARS-CoV-2 to its origins involves more than just tracking down patient zero

A more coordinated effort by scientists, stakeholders and community members will be required to stop the next deadly virus that’s already circulating in our midst

  Endurance got us through multiple lockdowns, and it’ll help us coming out of the pandemic too

Hate-inspired violence is the cause of conflict around the world. It’s time to consider hatred as a serious public health issue