AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar12 hours agoA rare condition makes other people’s faces look distorted. Why a new case is importantThe Conversation UK - Robin KramerIf you’ve seen portraits painted by Pablo Picasso or Francis Bacon, you might not be surprised to hear that both men may have suffered from a …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar12 hours agoI’ve studied sand dunes for 40 years – here’s what people find most surprisingThe Conversation UK - David ThomasThe Dune films remind us of just how beautiful, mysterious, expansive and changeable sand dunes can be. For centuries these wonderful landforms have …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar12 hours agoAfter the Baltimore bridge collapse, we need clear-eyed assessments of the risks to key infrastructureThe Conversation UK - Marios ChryssanthopoulosCatastrophic collapses of major bridges are thankfully rare. Notable examples in the last couple of decades include the failure of the I35-W in …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar12 hours agoMoldova: Russia continues its mischief-making in breakaway TransnistriaThe Conversation UK - Stefan WolffIn mid-February, the leader of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky, summoned deputies “of all levels of the Pridnestrovian …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar12 hours agoThis Town: new drama charts the influence of ska on inner city kids during bleak Thatcher yearsThe Conversation UK - Adam BehrThis Town, the new BBC drama from Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight, revisits the Midlands setting, also doubling as a somewhat backhanded …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar18 hours agoGenerative AI is changing the legal profession – future lawyers need to know how to use itThe Conversation UK - Craig SmithGenerative AI – technology such as ChatGPT that creates content when prompted – is affecting how solicitors, judges and barristers work. It’s also …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar18 hours agoEarly spring brings a ‘hungry gap’ for bees – here’s how you can helpThe Conversation UK - Tonya Lander and Matthias BecherWild bees pollinate the crops and wild plants that feed us and sustain entire ecosystems, but many of the world’s 20,000 bee species are in decline. …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar18 hours agoIf brain transplants like the one in Poor Things were possible – this is how they might workThe Conversation UK - Dan BaumgardtThe neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced in 2015 that he could soon be capable of performing the world’s first human head transplant procedure. …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar18 hours agoWhy women’s rugby needs its own injury prevention strategyThe Conversation UK - Julian Owen and Eloise KirbyWith the Women’s Six Nation’s Championship underway, there is mounting public concern regarding the risk of injuries to players. In recent years there …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar18 hours agoRenegade Nell: Sally Wainwright’s highwaywoman series is a swaggering caper of a showThe Conversation UK - Beth Johnson“Little word of warning. You don’t want to mess with me”, Nelly Jackson tells highwayman Isambard Tulley in the opening minutes of Renegade Nell. The …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar18 hours agoErdoğan’s party seeks advantage as Turkey’s local elections coincide with RamadanThe Conversation UK - Ozan AksoyMillions of voters in Turkey will head to the polls on March 31 to elect mayors in local elections. These elections are seen as crucial both for the …
AvatarThe Conversation UKAvatarAvatar20 hours agoBaltimore Key Bridge: how a domino effect brought it down in secondsThe Conversation UK - Dr Mohamed ShaheenThe collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on 26 March was a shocking and tragic event. Six people remain unaccounted for in the …