
Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much
The boundaries of heterosexuality are bending for women but not for men, who appear to have less room to explore and are bound to a more rigid, traditional concept of masculinity.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

The boundaries of heterosexuality are bending for women but not for men, who appear to have less room to explore and are bound to a more rigid, traditional concept of masculinity.

Until now, there has been little evidence of how young people in middle- and low-income countries use and feel about AI.

Some families turn to home education only when they feel they have no other option.

Unlike lithium-ion batteries, flow batteries can’t catch fire (as they are mostly water) and are extremely durable.

An oncologist answers the key questions about the new sitting-and-cancer study, and what its findings do and don’t show.

AI’s dynamic of distant, unseen control recalls Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

The question now is whether Russia’s economic difficulties will lead to mass protests and a split among the elites as happened in late Soviet times.

Today, plate tectonics carry water into Earth’s depths. But this deep water cycle goes back much further.

Bonnie’s story captures experiences that many neurodivergent families are familiar with.

Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear taste researcher Linda Bartoshuk explain why our tastes for food change.

Australia rebukes China over a ballistic missile test in the Pacific as the prime minister shores up other relationships in the region.

All nuclear powers test missiles. Why do China’s tests provoke such a fierce response?