Category: The Conversation

  An epidemiologist explains the differences and similarities between COVID-19 and the seasonal flu

  Since 2000, 89 new women have come to power in countries around the world – but the US still lags behind

  Precocious social media users want to use technology to change the world

  Research shows a wider impact than you might think, including on mental health and pain shutterstock.

Astronomy and astrology do not agree on the dates of the zodiac constellations

  With holiday travel in full swing and people packed together in small spaces, it’s important to try to stop the spread of germs. But can we really

  It seems that former president FW De Klerk continues to find it hard to accept that apartheid was a crime against humanity

  The tremendous costs of COVID-19 show why the world needs to do a better job preventing epidemics from occurring – or at least mitigate the impact

  The cream was found to boost the body’s anti-viral immune response, stopping mosquito-borne viruses in their tracks

  A new coronavirus related to SARS and MERS has now traveled from China to the United States. A genetic analysis reveals that this deadly pathogen may have

Those who are leaving the platform represent a small, but by no means insignificant, counter current to the norm

What if you could treat obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure just by limiting when you eat and drink all your calories? New research says it might work

There are plenty of barriers, but if we really want to we can feed the world on plant protein (largely from legumes)

  Just because you’re not thirsty doesn’t mean you’re not dehydrated

  The Santa myth tells us more about adults than children