The Conversation

What if companies rewarded employees for their failures?

Souad Brinette, EDC Paris Business School; Abdoulkarim Idi Cheffou, ISG International Business School, and Vesselina Tossan, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) A growing number of companies are encouraging…

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Not all ultra-processed foods are bad for your health, whatever you might have heard

Gary Sacks, Deakin University; Kathryn Backholer, Deakin University; Kathryn Bradbury, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, and Sally Mackay, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau In recent years, there’s been…

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The Mediterranean has experienced record sea temperatures this summer: this could devastate marine life

by - John Spicer Professor of Marine Zoology, University of Plymouth - The Conversation The ocean sustains all life on our planet. It provides food to eat and oxygen to…

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Living with COVID: how treating masks like umbrellas could help us weather future pandemic threats

Thankfully, the UK now looks to be past the peak of both the recent heatwave and the latest COVID wave. But there will be more of both – and in…

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Food and drinks are getting sweeter. Even if it’s not all sugar, it’s bad for our health

Humans have an evolutionary preference for sweetness. Sweet foods, like fruit and honey, were an important energy source for our ancestors. However, in the modern world, sweetened foods are readily…

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IVF: here’s how genetics may be affecting its success – new insights

It has been almost 44 years years since the first in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure was successfully performed in 1978 in Lancashire, England. Since then, more than 8 million babies…

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Apple’s iPod came out two decades ago and changed how we listen to music. Where are we headed now?

On October 23, 2001, Apple released the iPod — a portable media player that promised to overshadow the clunky design and low storage capacity of MP3 players introduced in the…

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WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big deal

The World Health Organization recommended its first malaria vaccine for children on Oct. 6, 2021 – a breakthrough hailed by the U.N. agency as a “historic moment.” Approval of the…

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