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The Science of Beautiful Buildings

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The Conversation · Sep 12, 2025

Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab

Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on Sept. 11, 2025, puts the former Brazilian president in a rogues’ gallery of failed coup plotters to be held to account for their attempted power grab.

The Conversation · Sep 12, 2025

‘This will not end here’: A scholar explains why Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence

The fatal shooting of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, has brought renewed attention to the climate of political violence in America. Kirk’s death reflects a sizable increase in threats against officeholders and politicians at the local and federal level.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

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Curious kids: do owls have bogies?

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The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

From the Great Stink to the modern sewage scandal: why 19th-century sewers are failing 21st-century England

The raw sewage in England’s rivers and seas is not just a story of corporate failure. It’s also a legacy of Victorian sewers – impressive and high-tech in their day, but with inequality and exploitation baked in.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

Sun dogs, rainbows and glories are celestial wonders – and they may appear in alien skies too

These celestial wonders can tell us a lot about the state of the atmosphere at home on Earth as well as on other planets.

Space · Sep 11, 2025

The digital movement that is enabling Indigenous people to show for themselves how the Amazon region is changing

Deep in the Amazon, sound designer Eric Terena has been capturing the sounds of the rainforest while sitting silently beneath the dense, towering treetops with his recording equipment. He has noticed some huge changes.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

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Introducing War on Climate, a new series that explores how conflict interacts with environmental issues around the globe

The world is the most violent it has been in decades. A report by the Peace Research Institute Oslo recorded 61 conflicts across 36 countries last year – the highest level since 1946. Given the number of conflicts currently active worldwide, this figure could well be taken to new heights…

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

Want more protein for less money? Don’t be fooled by the slick black packaging

If you’ve been supermarket shopping lately, you might have noticed more foods with big, bold protein claims on black packaging – from powders and bars to yoghurt, bread and even coffee.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained

You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich, earthy brown, a pale blue, or the rare green that shifts with every flicker of light. Eyes have a way of holding us, of sparking recognition or curiosity before a single word is spoken.…

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

Poland responds to Russian drones incursion by invoking Article 4 of the NATO treaty − what happens next?

NATO fighter jets shot down multiple Russian drones in Polish airspace on Sept. 10, 2025, sparking fears of an expanding Russia-Ukraine war.

The Conversation · Sep 10, 2025

Curious Kids: why do we need to do homework?

Why do we need to do homework when we already spend all day in school? – Grace, aged nine, Belfast

The Conversation · Sep 10, 2025

Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system

The share of doctors who belong to unions is rising quickly at a time when organized labor is losing ground with other professions. The Conversation U.S. asked Patrick Aguilar, a Washington University in St. Louis pulmonologist and management professor, to explain why the number of physicians joining unions is growing…

The Conversation · Sep 10, 2025

Politicians love comparing NZ’s economy to Singapore or Ireland – but it’s simplistic and misleading

Unveiling Amazon Web Services’ long-awaited NZ$7.5 billion “cloud region” – a cluster of local data centres – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon specifically referenced Ireland and Singapore as “two economies we often look to for inspiration on investment and technology”.

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2025

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The Conversation · Sep 9, 2025

Middle East leaders condemn Israel’s attack on Qatar as Netanyahu ends all talk of Gaza ceasefire – expert Q&A

Israel launched an unprecedented airstrike on the Qatari capital of Doha on September 9, the first time it has directly attacked a Gulf state. The “precision strike”, as Israel has called it, targeted a building in which Hamas officials were reportedly discussing a peace proposal brokered by the US.

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2025

As pine martens are reintroduced to south-west England, a new study shows why local people need to be involved

Fifteen pine martens were relocated from Scotland to Dartmoor, Devon, late last year in the first phase of a reintroduction to south-west England. This autumn, more of these domestic cat-sized mammals will be released into Exmoor as part of a long-term recovery strategy to restore pine marten populations.

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2025

How our minds trick us into thinking we are being greener than we really are

You’re in the supermarket. Imported beef mince, shrink-wrapped vegetables and cleaning spray are already in your basket. Then you toss in some organic apples and feel a flicker of moral relief. Surely that small green gesture lightens the load?

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2025

Black wattle as firewood: how South African communities are putting invasive species to work

Australia’s black wattle tree (Acacia mearnsii) has spread across South Africa, taking over millions of hectares of land and pushing indigenous plants aside. Economist Saul Ngarava researches agriculture and the connection between water, energy, food, social justice and land reform. He was part of a team who surveyed 1,184 homes…

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The Conversation · Sep 8, 2025

Why building nature-centric housing involves a mindset shift

How do you build 1.5 million new homes in five years without destroying nature? Housing is unaffordable for most people, so the UK government plans to build as many homes as possible, as soon as possible. Assuming this brings house prices down (which isn’t a given), how can it be…

Space · Sep 7, 2025

The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected.

Space · Sep 6, 2025

Earth-size stars and alien oceans – an astronomer explains the case for life around white dwarfs

Could an ocean – likely needed to sustain life – even survive on a planet orbiting close to a dead star?

The Conversation · Sep 5, 2025

Plans to ‘maximise extraction’ of North Sea oil and gas would soon run into geological limits

“We are going to get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea”, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said recently. Her promise to “maximise extraction” sets up a clash between political ambitions, economic reality and geological limits.

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025

Xi Jinping showcases his dream of a China-led ‘new world order’

This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox.

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025

When record heat feels strangely normal

Summer 2025 was the UK’s hottest on record, the Met Office announced this week. The news somehow felt both inevitable and surprising. There may have been four separate heatwaves, but for many this summer felt pretty normal.

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025

Mónica’s story: the woman shipped from Ghana to Portugal in 1556 to stand trial for using traditional medicine

Standing before the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal in 1556, Mónica Fernandes, a woman from the coast of modern-day Ghana, was accused of casting malevolent spells and making pacts with demons. Her crime? Seeking a traditional Akan remedy for a simple cat bite.

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