All posts tagged "theconversation.com"
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Why living wages should be a priority during COVID-19
Work should lift people out of poverty – but, increasingly, those in low-paid jobs are suffering as much...
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Urban farming: four reasons it should flourish post-pandemic
Since lockdown, public interest in growing fruit and vegetables at home has soared. Seed packets are flying off shelves and allotment...
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Coronavirus reinfection – what it actually means, and why you shouldn’t panic
Scientists in Hong Kong have reported the first confirmed case of reinfection with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, reportedly backed...
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Vaping increases risk of coronavirus – here’s the science
By now, we are all familiar with guidance on how to reduce your risk of contracting coronavirus: wash...
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Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions
Despite the extensive environmental and technical benefits achievable, the construction industry has been slow to take up sustainable...
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EU subsidies benefit big farms while underfunding greener and poorer plots – new research
The Common Agricultural Policy, or CAP, is the European Union’s largest budget item. For the €60 billion (£53.9 billion)...
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Turkey-Greece conflict in eastern Mediterranean is less about gas than vaccuum left by Trump
The worsening stand-off in the eastern Mediterranean, frequently described as a gas conflict, has been gaining momentum. Yet it...
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Coronavirus: the pandemic is changing our brains – here are the remedies
Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few...
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How coronavirus affects the brain
Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re still learning what the disease can do. There are now detailed...
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Playing hardball with China works – the west is right to move to a ‘constrainment’ strategy
Global attitudes towards the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are hardening. In 2019, the European Union declared the PRC...
