Trust is important if you want to succeed at work – here’s how to build it: Nicoleta Raftu/Shutterstock From friends to families, partners to politicians, trust is the fundamental glue that holds together our relationships. In the office, trust makes it easier for people to work together. It enables them to rely on one another …
Labour take note: red-wall voters want an ambitious plan for renewal – not tough talk and flag waving: If projections can be relied on, Labour has good reason to feel confident of supplanting the Conservatives as biggest party at the next general election. Yet it remains far from clear that Keir Starmer is heading for …
I’ve just returned from Kyiv where they are expecting a long war and want more help from the west: For an academic, there is nothing like a focused, concentrated encounter with the reality of what you are studying. I was recently part of a delegation to Kyiv of military, intelligence and diplomatic experts organised by …
Learn to think like a plant: five questions to think about if you want to keep your houseplants healthy: Many people struggle to keep their houseplants alive. Okrasiuk/Shutterstock You don’t drown by falling into the water; you drown by staying there (Edwin Louis Cole). I’d say most potted orchid deaths arise from drowned roots. Conversely, …
We built a human-skin printer from Lego and we want every lab to use our blueprint: Lego bricks have standardised parts and can be found across the world. Cardiff University, Author provided Sourcing human tissue samples for biological investigations isn’t always easy. While they are ethically obtained through organ donation or from tissue that’s removed …
Woman spends 500 days alone in a cave – how extreme isolation can alter your sense of time and why you might want to try it: Motionographer/Shutterstock A year and half alone in a cave might sound like a nightmare to a lot of people, but Spanish athlete Beatriz Flamini emerged with a cheerful grin …
Want to help protect rare birds in nesting season? Keep your dog on its lead: SGM/Shutterstock There are few sights more joyful than a dog bounding through the countryside. But for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife, the experience is quite different. Letting a dog off its lead can disturb several species without the owner even …
Magic Mike’s Last Dance review: a film about female desire that never fully grasps ‘what women want’: Warning: the following article contains spoilers. Magic Mike is back for one last dance in the male stripper franchise’s third and final instalment. After Mike’s (Channing Tatum) furniture business falls into hard times post-COVID, he finds himself working …
Nigerian elections: Eight issues young people want the new government to address: Young people in Nigeria seek freedom from repression and other governance failures. Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeolai/NurPhoto, Getty Images As Nigeria prepares for the 25 February presidential elections, it’s interesting to consider what young Nigerians are expecting. There are plenty of them: 52.2 million …
Want to avoid heated arguments? Try this technique before having a difficult conversation: Conflict is unavoidable but we don't have to argue Master1305/Shutterstock Listening to people talk about views that clash with your own can be galling. Families all over the world avoid controversial topics. In the UK, for example, mention Brexit and watch everyone …
Teacher recruitment target missed in England – why people don’t want to enter or stay in the profession: Phovoir/Shutterstock The Department for Education has managed to recruit less than 60% of the new secondary school teachers expected this year in England, recent figures show. This is unsurprising for those of us working in education. Since …
What is RET and what does it want? The Radical Economic Transformation faction in South Africa explained: Loyalists of the ANC's Radical Economic Transformation (RET) at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban. Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images It has been standard for some years, in any analysis of South Africa’s governing party, the African National …
Girls are held up as figureheads of political change, but they don’t want to do it alone: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock Girls are at the centre of global movements for indigenous rights, climate justice, gender equality and civil rights. Educational activist Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel peace prize at 17. Greta Thunberg has inspired millions of …
When digital nomads come to town: governments want their cash but locals are being left behind – podcast: Digital nomads: ditch the office chair for a backpack. Jose Luis Carrascosa via Shutterstock Digital nomads who work as they travel are often attracted by a life of freedom far removed from the daily office grind. Many …
Why some Welsh people want the title Prince of Wales abolished: Prince William has been given the title of Prince of Wales. 360B/Shutterstock On September 9 2022, the new King Charles III installed his son and heir, Prince William, and William’s wife Katherine as the Prince and Princess of Wales. It is a title held …
Do we have free will – and do we want it? Thomas the Tank Engine offers clues: George Sheldon/Shutterstock Are we free or are our actions determined by the laws of physics? And how much free will do we actually want? These questions have troubled philosophers for millennia – and there are still no perfect answers. …
Comments policy: We still want to hear from you – we just needed to make some changes: shutterstock A recent spam attack led us to closing comments on all articles across The Conversation’s seven sites. Now that things have settled down we have introduced a more nuanced approach in a bid to manage the threat …
Tanzania and Zambia want to upgrade the ‘Uhuru Railway’ – but can they?: July 1976: President Nyerere (right) watches as President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia greets Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chien at the handing over ceremony of the Tanzania-Zambia railway. Photo by Keystone/Getty Images Half a century ago, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) stood out as a …