If you’re not consuming animal products this month then you just passed the halfway mark. Congratulations. Every chicken breast and milk carton you spurn lowers the...
More than 75% of customers in the US say that a brand’s logo is the most important identifier of a company. This is even more true...
Have you ever wondered what chickens are talking about? Chickens are quite the communicators — their clucks, squawks and purrs are not just random sounds but...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What...
If you’ve watched cat videos on social media lately, you may have encountered the idea a cat’s coat colour tells us something about their personality. Orange...
Head hair comes in many colours, shapes and sizes, and hairstyles are often an expression of personal style or cultural identity. Many different genes determine our...
Wildlife documentaries like the BBC’s recent series, Planet Earth III, are renowned for offering breathtaking images of animals in their natural habitats. You’d be forgiven for...
George Milton/ Pexels , CC BY Have you ever found yourself thinking about loved ones during a boring meeting? Or going over the plot of...
A student in my graduate seminar recently mentioned seeing her “niblings” at Thanksgiving. Some of the students in my class were clearly familiar with the term....
People around the world eat too much sugar. When the body is unable to process sugar effectively, leading to excess glucose in the blood, this can...