Still thinking about your New Year’s resolutions?…
Still thinking about your New Year's resolutions? This year, try focusing on the good life
Ted Fischer, Vanderbilt University
The end of the year is always...
Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2016
Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland and Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria
Many meteor showers, caused by the Earth passing through streams of debris left behind...
2015, the year the was: health and medicine
Jessie Schanzle, The Conversation
As we eye a brand new year, it’s good to look back and see what stories 2015 brought us. Here is...
2015, the year that was: environment and energy
Martin LaMonica, The Conversation
As we approach 2016, we look back at the big – even world-changing – stories of The Conversation’s environment and energy...
2015, the year that was: politics and society
Emily Costello, The Conversation
As we approach 2016, we look back at the big stories of The Conversation’s politics and society desk over the past...
2015, the year that was: science and technology
Maggie Villiger, The Conversation
There are a number of definitions of science, as both a process and a body of knowledge. At root, it’s an...
2015, the year that was: arts and culture
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
With the New Year approaching, we highlight the top arts and culture stories from 2015.
Over the past year, there was no...
A force awakened: why so many find meaning in Star Wars
Patti McCarthy, University of the Pacific
After witnessing the overwhelming popularity of Star Wars, director Francis Ford Coppola told George Lucas he should start his...





















