The funding has been billed as a way to shorten waits for care in emergency departments and for elective surgery. But will it really make a difference?

The United States government’s decision to permit Lithium Americas to mine at Thacker Pass in Nevada violated Indigenous people’s rights, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU said in a report released ...

Research shows your chances of owning a home hinge on your income relative to house prices, and whether you can access the ‘bank of mum and dad’.

I have been fighting against FGM for 20 years because I’ve experienced it myself. I was put in a group of 10 to 20 girls, and we were taken by women into the bush to be cut. One of the girls died ...

Key cabinet ministers in Spain’s government are pushing for a new universal child benefit in the 2025 budget. The benefit has the potential to reduce the country’s alarmingly high child poverty rate ...

Rolf Frankenberger, an expert on right-wing extremism in Germany, talks to The Conversation Weekly about what kind of Germany the AFD wants to return to.

~ La force musculaire dans l’enfance et l’adolescence est un indicateur de la santé tout au long de la vie ~ Est de la RDC : dans un environnement difficile, la MONUSCO protège des populations vulnéra ...

Ethical debates about the morality of driving tend to stop at the possible harm to humans. This is surprising, considering the decades of work in ...

Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Women entrepreneurs can have a big impact on a country’s productivity. So why aren’t more entering business – ...

Danlu Guo, Senior lecturer of Environmental Engineering, Australian National University A new study of water quality in Australian rivers reveals surprising changes since the turn of the century: good ...

Migrants, especially those who speak English as a second language, are disproportionately targeted by mis- and disinformation. Research shows what might help.

Science fiction has been obsessed with perfect female robot companions but never considered what makes a good male human companion, till now.