With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild
John Tookey, Auckland University of Technology The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into…
Criminal psychologists are profiling a different kind of killer – environmental offenders
Julia Shaw, UCL After years of trying to understand the minds of people who hurt others, I have recently turned my attention as a criminal psychologist from violent crimes to…
Egypt peace summit showed that Donald Trump’s Gaza deal is more showbiz extravaganza than the ‘dawn of a new Middle East’
David Hastings Dunn, University of Birmingham Following the Middle East summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal has been compared in the media to the Good Friday agreement…
Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go
Andrew Thomas, Deakin University The first steps of the peace plan for Gaza are underway. Now both parties have agreed to terms, Hamas is obligated to release all hostages within…
If an asteroid hit Earth and all the humans died, would the dinosaurs come back? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast
Eloise Stevens, The Conversation Many, many years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Six-year-old Aga knows that a meteorite wiped them out… but could another meteorite bring them back? You can…
Could digital currencies end banking as we know it? The future of money
Rafik Omar, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Vinden Wylde, Cardiff Metropolitan University Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. Rulers have long…
Vitamin B3 supplement may reduce your risk of skin cancer
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University A major shift is unfolding in the field of skin cancer prevention, ignited by new research showing that an everyday vitamin supplement may prevent many…
Hamas at a crossroads as the Gaza ceasefire deal comes into force
Dale Pankhurst, Queen’s University Belfast After two years of war, Israel and Hamas have agreed on the “first phase” of a US-backed peace plan for Gaza. The deal, if it…
First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika
Marcus Blagrove, University of Liverpool Scientists have found eggs of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the UK for the first time – a mosquito that spreads many tropical diseases. The…
The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of
Samira Homerang Saunders, Queen Mary University of London and David Whyte, Queen Mary University of London UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of…