Seabirds Climate change is causing mass 'die-offs' in seabirds such as puffinsThe Conversation UK - Tim Birkhead Changes in seabird numbers are probably the best way to monitor the quality of the marine environment. And things are looking bad. In the past 50 …
European Parliament What Green surge could mean for the new European ParliamentThe Conversation UK - Viviane Gravey European politics has been seriously shaken up by this month’s parliamentary election. The centre-left/centre-right coalition that has dominated …
Sweden How long can humans live?The Conversation UK - Anthony Medford and James W Vaupel and Kaare Christensen Humans are living longer around the world. While there have been obvious ups and downs, life expectancy at birth overall has been steadily increasing …
European Parliament How Germany's Green party took on the far right to become a major political forceThe Conversation UK - Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett A green wave has flooded Europe in the 2019 European elections. The big winners of the night were the German Greens, who took 20.5%. of the national …
Health (UK) Opt-out organ donation: presume kindness, not consent, to save more livesThe Conversation UK - Morgan Shimwell Around one in six people awaiting an organ transplant in the UK will die or become ineligible due to deteriorating health before an organ is …
Cities Climate change: we can reclaim cities from the car without inconveniencing peopleThe Conversation UK - Richard Kingston and Ransford A. Acheampong Since the 1920s, the car has revolutionised the way people travel; eliminating the constraints of distance while offering a personal, fast and …
Brexit Party Why do Conservative Party leadership hopefuls keep piling on to the no-deal Brexit bandwagon?The Conversation UK - Simon Lee The House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee published two reports in 2010 and 2011 in which it claimed the UK government had all but …
Boris Johnson Tory leadership race could undermine confidence in UK economyThe Conversation UK - Costas Milas In the wake of the European elections, the bookies’ favourite to be the next Conservative Party leader, Boris Johnson was quick to tweet “It is time …
United Nations Female military peacekeepers left feeling overwhelmed after inadequate trainingThe Conversation UK - Georgina Holmes Female military peacekeepers deployed to complex UN missions often feel overwhelmed and ill-prepared when providing assistance to local women and …
Food Bank People who use food banks live in substandard and unaffordable homes – new studyThe Conversation UK - Amy Clair and Jasmine Fledderjohann and Rachel Loopstra Once relatively unheard of in the UK, the number of food banks has grown dramatically in recent years. The Trussell Trust, which runs the country’s …
Climate Change Will climate change cause humans to go extinct?The Conversation UK - Anders Sandberg I see a lot of resources talking about near-term human extinction, or the fact that thanks to climate change my generation will see the end of …
Economy Bad economic news increases suicide rates – new researchThe Conversation UK - Alan Collins and Adam Cox A slowdown in the economy, job losses, business closures, increasing energy bills: it’s not surprising that relentless negative reporting of economic …
Culture (UK) English football: a proxy battleground for feuding Gulf states?The Conversation UK - Simon Chadwick There’s nothing like a Saturday night scoop to get social media buzzing. Revelations that a Qatari investor wants to acquire a stake in Leeds United …
African Elephants To save the African elephant, focus must turn to poverty and corruptionThe Conversation UK - Colin Beale and Severin Hauenstein African elephants are threatened with extinction. With numbers shrinking by a third in just seven years, there are now fewer than 350,000 left in the …
Health (UK) Limiting screen use is not the way to tackle teenage sleep problems – here's how to browse healthily at nightThe Conversation UK - Heather Cleland Woods and Holly Scott Both in Europe and the US, more than 90% of adolescents have their faces buried in screens before bed. Often, this comes at a cost to sleep. Frequent …
Economy Premier League: how England's clubs swept to European football dominanceThe Conversation UK - Simon Chadwick Imagine the archetypal Hollywood blockbuster, where heroes battle adversity and come out on top. This is the kind of movie laden with star names and …
Culture (UK) Celestial Bodies: Booker International Prize highlights rich literary tradition among Arab womenThe Conversation UK - Shadya Radhi It says something that the winner of the 2019 Man Booker International prize for Literature, Jokha Alharthi, is the first woman from her country to …
Tunisia How Tunisia is trying to resurrect a Jewish pilgrimage to the island of DjerbaThe Conversation UK - Daniel Lee Many hundreds of years ago on the small Tunisian island of Djerba, a poor young Jewish woman called Ghriba lived as an outcast, separated from the …
Earth Curious Kids: how long has gravity existed?The Conversation UK - Brooke Simmons Curious Kids is a series by The Conversation, which gives children of all ages the chance to have their questions about the world answered by …
Ukraine Ukraine: why brain drain is a national crisis and how new president can halt itThe Conversation UK - Liana Semchuk The war in eastern Ukraine is the country’s most high profile crisis. But it is also battling another major, but much less visible, catastrophe: the …
Omar al-Bashir Why Sudan won't hand over former president al-Bashir to the International Criminal CourtThe Conversation UK - Yousif Mansour Ahmed Abdalla AlZarouni It has been a long fight for justice. Back in July 2008, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) requested an arrest warrant for …
Narendra Modi India election: national security helped 'watchman' Narendra Modi win, but major challenges loomThe Conversation UK - Ian Hall India’s recent election campaign was overshadowed by a suicide bombing in Kashmir, retaliatory air strikes against alleged terrorist targets a few …
Brexit Party Nigel Farage triumphs: survey reveals what drove voters to the Brexit Party in the European electionsThe Conversation UK - Paul Whiteley The European elections were a triumph for Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, which took 32% of the vote. The night was a real success for the Liberal …
Jeremy Corbyn After Labour's dismal European election performance, is it too late for Jeremy Corbyn to back a second referendum?The Conversation UK - Steven Fielding Labour’s performance in the European elections was appalling. For a party aspiring to form the next government, winning just 14% of the vote and …
India India Tomorrow part 7: what Narendra Modi's landslide victory means for IndiaThe Conversation UK - Annabel Bligh and Gemma Ware After the world’s largest ever democratic exercise, Narendra Modi has been re-elected as prime minister of India for another five year term. His …
Culture (UK) Judith Kerr: read her autobiographies to understand The Tiger Who Came to TeaThe Conversation UK - Eleanor Byrne Judith Kerr’s death at the age of 95 was met with an avalanche of tributes from readers, writers and publishers alike. Her illustrated books such as …
Plastic Recycling: poorer countries can now refuse plastic waste imports – this could make the system fairerThe Conversation UK - Jen Allan The world generated 242 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2016 – a figure that’s expected to grow by 70% in the next 30 years. But this same plastic …
Brexit Party Theresa May resigns: how the leadership race could play out from hereThe Conversation UK - Tom Quinn Theresa May’s postdated resignation as Conservative leader and prime minister has fired the starting gun on the contest to replace her. She was …
Political Violence Is throwing a milkshake an act of political violence? What political theory tells usThe Conversation UK - Alexander Blanchard That the word “violence” is a powerful piece of political rhetoric has been brought home by the welter of opinion pieces, editorials and tweets that …
Health (UK) Withdrawing life support: only one person's view mattersThe Conversation UK - Dominic Wilkinson Shortly before Frenchman Vincent Lambert’s life support was due to be removed, doctors at Sebastopol Hospital in Reims, France, were ordered to stop. …