NewsWave

The Conversation

About: The Conversation is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists that in a decade has become the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. Everything you read on these pages is created by academics and journalists working together, supported by a team of digital technology experts. Our professional editors work with academics to turn knowledge and insights into easy-to-read articles, and make them accessible to general readers.

Contact Us: Partner or support globalpartnerships@theconversation.com Raise privacy questions or concerns privacy@theconversation.edu.au Sponsoring our site or newsletter globalsponsor@theconversation.com

Some new drugs aren’t actually ‘new’ – pharmaceutical companies exploit patents and raise prices for patients, but data transparency can help protect innovation

The Conversation3 hrs ago

Mindfulness won’t burn calories, but it might help you stick with your health goals

The Conversation3 hrs ago

Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover

The Conversation3 hrs ago

Interests (0)

Settings

The Conversation

People with schizophrenia were hit hard by B.C.’s deadly 2021 heat dome

South Africa’s rooibos tea: can it improve digestion?

The group Louis Vuitton (LVMH), a gift to the Musée d’Orsay and a huge tax incentive

Dense, compact urban growth is favoured by mid

Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility

Bill C-4 privacy enhancements are modest and fail to regulate politicians’ use of social bots

The Conversation sponsors Vitae’s 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition

Ethiopia’s two bids at democracy have failed: what it will take to succeed

Some new drugs aren’t actually ‘new’ – pharmaceutical companies exploit patents and raise prices for patients, but data transparency can help protect innovation

Mindfulness won’t burn calories, but it might help you stick with your health goals

Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover

Deadly drug-resistant fungus spreading rapidly through European hospitals

Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language

Russian incursions into Nato airspace show Ukraine’s allied coalition needs to be ready as well as willing

How speaking in a second language directly affects your moral judgement

View from The Hill: Albanese left off Trump’s meeting list, as Ley oversteps the mark

What is leucovorin, the drug the Trump administration says can treat autism?

It’s OK to use paracetamol in pregnancy. Here’s what the science says about the link with autism

Managing mould, housemates, and landlords: new research reveals sharehousing horror stories

What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calcuations

Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before

Fish ‘fingerprints’ in the ocean reveal which species are moving homes due to climate change

Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?

Dangerous climate change threatens Northern Australia’s big ‘food bowl’ dreams

Not just ‘growing pains’: 1 in 5 Australian kids live with chronic pain, but it’s often invisible

Banning something to reduce harm is a tricky business. Here’s what works

Women do the most cooking at home. So why do men get to hog the BBQ?

Spring air is humming with insects. But we’re blind to what’s happening to them

In her new children’s book, Jacinda Ardern explores working ‘mum guilt’ through her daughter’s eyes

Greg Sheridan thinks the early Christians have lessons for today’s faithful