Why we should mine the Moon
By Ian Crawford, Birkbeck, University of London
To date, all human economic activity has depended on the material and energy resources of a single planet;...
Why the idea of fair, affordable care in the US is still a problem
By Liz McFall, The Open University
The period of Open Enrollment, the annual window in which eligible Americans can sign up for health insurance under...
What counts as an academic publication?
By Christopher Sampson, University of Nottingham
What is it that sets academic publications apart from articles on The Conversation? Peer review might be your first...
Robot submarine looks under Antarctic to find out why sea ice is getting thicker
By Edward Hanna, University of Sheffield
For several years now climatologists have puzzled over an apparent conundrum: why is Antarctic sea ice continuing to expand,...
Autopsies from space: who killed the sea lions?
By Markus Horning, Oregon State University
A decade ago, we set out to unravel deep ocean crime scenes we weren’t even sure existed. The crime?...
So when should you book that flight? The truth on airline prices
By Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley and Volodymyr Bilotkach, Newcastle University
How airlines price tickets is a source of many myths and urban legends....
Anxiety makes us more biased to threat but exercise can change our perception
By Adam Heenan, Queen's University, Ontario
We have a remarkable ability to detect the motion of other living things. If someone in our periphery moves,...
How the stress of playing chess can be fatal
By Andrew Lane, University of Wolverhampton
The death of a chess player in the middle of a match at the world’s most prestigious competition may...
