Five years since they burst on to the scene, and BTS is still fighting for social rights through catchy K-pop tunes.

Critical standards of evidence must be met to merit the WHO’s new diagnostic category for addicted gamers.

Botany is disappearing from university modules in the UK.

The identity and purpose of universities as spaces of free thinking depends on it.

Fossil hunter Mary Anning didn’t get the recognition she deserved during her lifetime. Now her home town wants to raise a statue in her honour.

A close reading of news articles and editorials from 2006 and 2013 shows that UK newspapers have systematically ignored the evidence to influence the public against EU migrants.

How will the incoming Biden administration deal with Beijing over its treatment of Hong Kong?

Social distancing is impossible in much of Africa, and its economic consequences may lead to a famine that is worse than the pandemic. Prevention measures must consider the African context.

This is the first study to link human activity with a change in whale sharks’ life stages.

I helped write the IPCC 1.5°C report the number apparently comes from. But the truth is better – and worse – than that.

It’s not only Alibaba and Ant Group that are feeling the heat.

Here’s what protection from coronavirus looks like.

Why radical changes to society are needed if we are to escape environmental disaster.

A strong case for telling children to go outside and play.

Statues of a racist medical experimenter are an affront to the American public.

Plus new research finds a way to speed up the search for dark matter. Listen to episode 4 of The Conversation Weekly.

The marketisation of higher education is just a symptom of what’s wrong with universities.

Jane Goodall’s comments at Davos may seem harmless, but they reflect a dangerous misreading of the climate crisis that needs to be challenged.

Halting forest loss is a crucial milestone on the road to net zero.

In its inaugural contest, the Tianfu Cup produced an iPhone hack that was allegedly used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority.

Rather than setting itself against the EU like many other groups, Vox sees regional independence movements as its enemy.

The pandemic has shown us the need for widespread security.

Mental health experts have called for universal basic income as far back as 1969.

Extinction Rebellion targeted the department responsible for climate change policy.

Happiness is a human construct, an abstract idea with no biological basis. But this is something to be happy about.

Contact tracing for sexual health has been taking place in England for many years. Why was this workforce ignored in the coronavirus response?

The latest UK data shows that nearly two-thirds of people who died of COVID between February 1 and June 21 had been vaccinated.

From having small brains to being better at reading, it is often argued that women aren’t well suited to do science.

Intensive screening, testing, quarantine and public communication have helped keep numbers of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam very low.

Geology will be key to any green transition, but its academic reputation needs an urgent makeover.

Science has shown that women are better at nurturing and men are better at logic. Or has it?

It’s often said that “bad posture” can cause neck pain but science seems to indicate that other factors might be at play.

Storks – those harbingers of new life – are breeding in Britain again.

Prince Harry won a comprehensive victory in the first of three court cases against newspapers. What is the context for that judgement, and what are the implications for the UK press?

There appears to be a revolving door between Rupert Murdoch’s papers and the Conservative Party.

Research shows that when people feel insecure and anxious they become more concerned with identity values such as nationalism, status and success.

Plus new research finds a way to speed up the search for dark matter. Listen to episode 4 of The Conversation Weekly.

How can businesses overcome institutional hurdles to transition to a four-day week?

Immunity fades rapidly for some infections (influenza) but lasts a lifetime with others (measles). Here’s what we know about COVID.