Viruses have a bad reputation. They are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic and a long list of maladies that have plagued humanity since time immemorial. Is...
We live in a world in which momentous decisions are made by people often without forethought. But some things are predictable, including that if you continually...
Some have called NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope the “telescope that ate astronomy.” It is the most powerful space telescope ever built and a complex piece...
In the short time since NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, it’s already made history. At the moment, Mars and...
The eastern North American population of monarch butterflies are famous for their annual, multi-generational, round-trip migration from the oyamel fir forests of Central Mexico through the...
and Sally Christine Reynolds, Bournemouth University Our species began migrating out of Africa around 100,000 years ago. Aside from Antarctica, the Americas were the last continents...
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. Exactly...
WASHINGTON – The first space tourists on board the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission have landed safely on Earth after a three-day voyage. After completing the first-ever mission in...
Most Canadians believe that the greatest national risk of a devastating earthquake lies in British Columbia. The whole Pacific northwest coast, with its rugged topography and...
The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. You can find all of...