Climbing the tree: the case for chimpanzee ‘personhood’
Jane Johnson
Hercules and Leo don’t know it, but a decision about their future has made history. In granting an order to show cause on...
Harvesting usable fuel from nuclear waste – and dealing with the last chemical troublemakers
Mikael Nilsson, University of California, Irvine
This article is part of The Conversation’s worldwide series on the Future of Nuclear. You can read the rest...
Discovered: stone tools that go back beyond earliest humans
Matt Pope, UCL
Archaeologists have discovered stone artefacts in Kenya dating back to 3.3m years ago – making them the oldest stone tools yet discovered....
Student debt 101: dearth of data fuels common misperceptions
Nick Hillman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
As this year’s crop of college graduates don their caps and gowns and listen to inspiring commencement addresses before embarking...
Why is diabetes killing so many teenagers?
Kathleen Gillespie, University of Bristol
Young British men have a problem with diabetes. Recent studies have highlighted that death rates from type 1 diabetes in...
So your teenager is vaping e-cigarettes – should you worry?
Lynn T Kozlowski, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
E-cigarettes and other vaping products are on track to out-sell cigarettes by the...
Forever crooked: how everyday language reflects negative attitudes about the physically disabled
Jessi Elana Aaron, University of Florida
Because there’s a quite lengthy list of offensive terms connected to disability, when we think of how disability is...
Health risks beneath the painted beauty in America’s nail salons
Thu Quach, Stanford University
The desire for beautiful nails has fueled an entire nail salon industry that’s growing rapidly, with storefronts cropping up on every...
