I bonded with COVID vaccine sceptics over saunas and Mother Earth rituals – this is what they taught me

I was standing in a forest at night, by a dark lake taking part in a Mother Earth ritual. Shaman drums echoed between the cliffs. The...

What kinds of people ‘catfish’? Study finds they have higher psychopathy, sadism, and narcissism

Online dating has revolutionised romance, creating more opportunities to meet potential partners than ever before. However, alongside the benefits is the risk of abuse, harassment, and...

How to get your kids to talk about their feelings

Annie Spratt/Unsplash Emotions are core to our human experience, but seeing “negative” emotions in our children – anger, fear, jealousy, envy, sadness, resentment – can make...

Why does the Earth spin?

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. Why...

A rose by any other name – how roses and cut flowers became a symbol of love and luxury

Before the creation of international systems of cultivation and the ability to move goods by air freight, flowers matched the pattern of the seasons. Roses on...

Valentine’s Day: why you should send a love letter not a text – with help from some of English’s greatest writers

Most of us, these days, communicate via text message, email and posts on social media. The age of the letter, it seems, is past. But there’s...

What happens in our brain and body when we’re in love?

JustinFollis/Unsplash Love dominates our popular culture and is the subject of countless songs, movies, and works of literature and art. But what’s happening in our body...

Love languages are hugely popular – but there’s very little evidence they exist at all

Love languages – the concept coined by Baptist pastor Gary Chapman some 30 years ago – has taken the relationships world by storm. It’s often the...

Marry or mingle: The risks and rewards of being single

Curious Kids: How does DNA affect our fingerprints and eye colour?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. Have a question you’d like an expert to answer? Send it to CuriousKidsCanada@theconversation.com. I would like...