Cultural heritage has a lot to teach us about climate change
Oct 17, 2018 22:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Museums, archaeological sites and historical buildings are rarely included in conversations about climate change, which tend to focus on the wider impact and global threats to our contemporary world. Yet these threats...
The mosques that survived Palu's tsunami and what that means
Oct 17, 2018 22:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In the devastation that followed the earthquake and resulting tsunami in the Indonesian city of Palu in Central Sulawesi, many Muslim religious sites were destroyed. Two mosques, however, survived, with little to no...
Curious Kids: if you have lots of the thing you're allergic to, does your body get used to it?
Oct 17, 2018 22:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children of all ages. The Conversation is asking young people to send in questions theyd like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome: find out how to enter at the...
Are two parents better than one? Yes, but only if you're a burying beetle
Oct 17, 2018 22:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Parenting behaviour varies greatly across the animal kingdom. In most mammals, only mothers look after the young, and in most fishes, only fathers look after the young. When it comes to birds, mothers and fathers usually...
Hurricanes, hog manure and the dire need for carbon pricing
Oct 16, 2018 15:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Once-in-a-lifetime hurricanes are striking the southern United States with alarming frequency. Hurricane Michael just slammed into the Florida panhandle, and the destructive power of Hurricane Florence is still being felt,...
Is it time to move beyond the limits of 'built environment' thinking?
Oct 16, 2018 15:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The constructed world around us provides the stage for our daily life. The term built environment is in the past tense, describing a scenario after the fact. What does it actually mean beyond the obvious connotation of...
Restocking wolves on Isle Royale raises questions about which species get rescued
Oct 16, 2018 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Isle Royale is one of the most remote U.S. national parks. It stretches across one large island, its namesake, and more than 400 smaller ones in northwest Lake Superior. The parks main draws are wilderness and wildlife,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight