Why European households throw away so much food – and how to curb the waste mountain
ArieStudio/Shutterstock Ian Williams, University of Southampton Europe is wasting huge amounts of food while millions of people globally experience hunger. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have squeezed supply…
We analysed the TikTok history of 142 men. Here’s what it taught us about the manosphere
Sarazh Izmailov/Pexels, The Conversation, CC BY-SA Krista Fisher, The University of Melbourne; Cynthia Miller-Idriss, American University; Emily Lewis, The University of Melbourne; Ruben Benakovic, The University of Melbourne, and Zac…
Trump can’t sell the Abraham Accords on a Middle East that has lost trust in the US
Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, La Trobe University As the US and Iran try to come to terms on a peace deal to end their months-long war, US President Donald Trump this week…
Opinion: The Importance of Sustaining Dialogue in Cyprus
By María Angela Holguín, Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus. As I have stated publicly on several occasions, changing the status quo for the benefit of all requires…
The challenge: building common ground through dialogue between the leaders
Editorial by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Ms. Maria Angela Holguin Almost a year ago in Geneva, in March 2025, both sides told the UN Secretary-General that they would…
Growing up alongside deadly fires inspired me to study them – and fight flames with swarms of drones
Georgios Tzoumas, University of Bristol Growing up in Greece, wildfires were a constant presence each summer. In 2007, I remember watching TV footage of fires ravaging the Peloponnese peninsula and…
Bird flu warnings are being ignored. I’ve seen this pattern before
Nikki Ikani, Leiden University; King’s College London There’s an unwritten rule in publishing, or so I’ve been told: don’t write about COVID. Our collective attention span has been saturated by…
Afcon drama: what went wrong and what went right at the continent’s biggest football cup in Morocco
Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University The 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco, produced thrills and several story lines, some good and others not so good. It…
Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic
Guilherme Maricato, UFRJ; Clinton N. Jenkins, Florida International University; Maria Alice S. Alves, UERJ, and Rodrigo Tardin, UFRJ The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to…
Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon
Saman Zonouz, Georgia Institute of Technology The darkness that swept over the Venezuelan capital in the predawn hours of Jan. 3, 2026, signaled a profound shift in the nature of…