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How to get control of your time

You wake up at 7:00 and reflexively reach for your phone. Between the stream of emails, WhatsApps and breaking news alerts, you see a worrying reminder: you averaged 11 hours of daily screen time last week. You swipe the notification away and open TikTok, where a woman in a matching…

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

4 steps to building a healthier relationship with your phone

Being constantly connected to your electronic devices, and the social media they enable, may be bad for your health and well-being and working remotely only compounds these challenges.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

Engineering the social: Students in this course use systems thinking to help solve human rights, disease and homelessness

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

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You don’t have to be a net zero hero – how focus on personal climate action can distract from systemic problems

Campaigns and social media often encourage people to make eco-friendly choices like using less plastic or driving less. While these actions are important, focusing so much on what people do can distract from the much larger role that businesses and governments play in causing and solving environmental problems.

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

Trump voters are not the obstacle to climate action many think they are

Another day brings another monster tide for residents of Carteret county, North Carolina, whose coastal towns and villages are being swallowed by the rising Atlantic. Nonetheless, its voters returned Donald Trump to the White House, a man who denies the science of climate change and had withdrawn his country from…

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2025

Understanding paranormal beliefs and conspiracy theories isn’t just about misinformation – this course unpacks the history

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2025

College course teaches Philly students to appreciate beer − whether they’re tailgating or fine dining

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2025

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Why meteorologists are comparing Storm Éowyn to a bomb

Storm Éowyn has unleashed strong and damaging winds over the British Isles, and particularly over Ireland and Scotland.

The Conversation · Jan 24, 2025

Navigating deepfakes and synthetic media: This course helps students demystify artificial intelligence technologies

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation · Jan 24, 2025

Why peat is a key ingredient in whisky and the climate crisis

Burnt. Smoky. Medicinal. Each of these represents a subcategory of “peaty” whisky in the Scotch Whisky Research Institute’s brightly coloured flavour wheel.

The Conversation · Jan 24, 2025

How global inequalities hinder climate action

World leaders have gathered for the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. One of their main goals is to align their responses to geopolitical shocks such as floods and wildfires that hamper trade, investment and more.

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025

Trump returns: nine things to expect for the climate

Climate scientists are probably among those most aggrieved by Donald Trump’s return as US president.

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025

How wildfire, humans and a warming climate led to the extinction of California’s big mammals 13,000 years ago – podcast

Firefighters in Los Angeles continue to battle devastating wildfires that have killed at least 27 people and left thousands of homes destroyed. A new fire also provoked evacuation orders north of the city.

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025

As Gaza ceasefire takes hold, Israeli forces turn to Jenin – a regular target seen as a center of Palestinian resistance

Just two days after a shaky ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel on Jan. 21, 2025, launched a large-scale incursion of the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.

The Conversation · Jan 22, 2025

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The Conversation · Jan 22, 2025

The UK’s international commitments on climate and nature could soon become law – and better protect our environment

As climate and biodiversity scientists, we spend most of our lives trying to understand how our planet works and how best to address the environmental challenges of our times. Yet, for the past three years, many scientists around the UK, including the two of us, have been working on legislation…

The Conversation · Jan 22, 2025

Philanthropy provides $30B annually for science and health research − funding that tends to stay local

The foundations making charitable donations to support scientific and health research mostly give to institutions in their home states.

The Conversation · Jan 21, 2025

How nonprofits pitch in before, during and after disasters strike

Los Angeles is reeling after fires of historic proportions raced through many communities in January 2025, destroying thousands of homes. The Conversation U.S. asked Vanessa Crossgrove Fry, an associate research professor and director of the Idaho Policy Institute at Boise State University, and an expert on sustainable management and nonprofit…

The Conversation · Jan 21, 2025

Rethinking the Classics – a new series from The Conversation

I recently read a poem about a fearsome warrior who brought a decade-old war away from city walls to a nearby riverbank. As the waters began to glut with bodies, the god that possessed it became enraged. Taking revenge for the damage humans had done to the great river, he…

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The Conversation · Jan 20, 2025

Three ways to assess how Liverpool’s tidal energy plan will affect the environment

A proposed tidal energy scheme on Liverpool’s River Mersey is entering an early assessment and consultation phase. This multi-billion pound infrastructure project, which could span several miles across the river and power up to a million homes, exemplifies the complex challenge of planning large-scale renewable energy projects.

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2025

We built an AI model that analysed millions of images of retreating glaciers – what it found is alarming

The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the global average since 1979. Svalbard, an archipelago near the northeast coast of Greenland, is at the frontline of this climate change, warming up to seven times faster than the rest of the world.

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2025

Acute stress and early signs of PTSD are common in firefighters and other first responders − here’s what to watch out for

The thousands of firefighters and other first responders on the front lines of the fires that are raging in the Los Angeles area are at increased risk for anxiety, depression, acute stress and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2025

Taller tennis players have a natural advantage – but shorter athletes shouldn’t despair

We’re nearing the halfway point of this year’s Australian Open and players like the United States’ Reilly Opelka (ranked 170th in the world ) and France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (ranked 30th) captured plenty of attention despite early-round exits.

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025

Israel-Hamas deal shows limits of US influence – and the unpredictable impact of Trump

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is expected to take effect on Jan. 19, 2025, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Even as Israel’s cabinet delayed until Jan. 17 its vote to ratify the complex deal, Blinken said he is “very confident this is moving forward.”

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025

Gaza ceasefire: fragile deal offers hope for peace but could still fall apart

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The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025

How the UK’s plans for AI could derail net zero – the numbers explained

The UK government’s goal to increase public-controlled artificial intelligence computing power twentyfold by 2030 would significantly raise electricity demand. Can renewable energy supply meet it – and still have enough left over to electrify sectors like heating and transport, which must be fully decarbonised by 2050?

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