Games Inbox: Was the summer Nintendo Direct a disappointment?
The Wednesday letters page wishes more had been shown of the Zelda: Ocarina Of Time remake, as a reader thinks there’s too many Xenoblade games.
Jun 10, 2026
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Bangarra’s Sheltering is a powerful showcase of First Nations dance and creativity
Through Sheltering, Bangarra Dance Theatre proves one of its greatest strengths is in nurturing talented new voices.
Jun 09, 2026
Why do my fingers go wrinkly in the bath?
Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear evolutionary biologist Tom Smulders explain.
Jun 09, 2026
View from The Hill: Tony Abbott to tour the country, trying to energise Liberals
Tony Abbott, the Liberals’ new activist federal president, is preparing to convene meetings around the country in an effort to drum up membership and support for the struggling party. After the Newspo...
Jun 09, 2026
World’s first AI-designed vaccine explained
A vaccine designed entirely by AI has been tested in people for the first time.
Jun 09, 2026
Pizza lovers and savoury snackers: what secondary school pupils choose to eat
Cookies, traybakes and pizza were very popular, and daily specials and fruit were not.
Jun 09, 2026
Wes Streeting’s health bill brings back ‘democratic control’ of the NHS in England – but what does it mean?
Abolishing NHS England sounds like a tidy fix. But the legal changes buried in the health bill could make the NHS more vulnerable than ever.
Jun 09, 2026
Megacolon: when constipation becomes something more serious
Most constipation is harmless. In rare cases, the colon can become dangerously enlarged. Here is what you need to know.
Jun 09, 2026
A philosopher’s take on NZ’s bill to define who counts as a woman or man
The bill treats a complex cluster of biological traits as if it were one settled thing, and ties legal meaning to the pretence.
Jun 09, 2026
Bingles, knuckleballs and ‘Beer Barrel Polka’ – hundreds of forgotten works showcase the eclectic world of baseball scholarship
A new database includes more than 850 dissertations and theses, spanning everything from baseball slang and cigarette smoking to postage stamps and ballpark organs.
Jun 09, 2026
Firefighters face a higher risk of skin cancer – nano fabrics with tiny, rough fibers can help keep them safer
The risk to firefighters isn’t just from breathing wildfire smoke – it’s also in the chemicals that get on their clothes and filter through to their skin.
Jun 09, 2026
Home insurance and the unraveling of Florida communities
Florida’s current approach to insurance is forcing those who can least afford it to bear the cost of the climate crisis. But different approaches are available.
Jun 09, 2026
Kids learn to bully from adults’ threats, manipulation and criticism – a child psychologist explains how parents can model better tactics
Observing how grown-ups operate provides children with information on how they can shape their worlds to get what they want and avoid what they don’t want.
Jun 09, 2026
We ran 100,000 computer simulations of the World Cup. And the winner will be …
Data science and machine learning algorithms can help us form probabilistic forecasts of things like sporting events.
Jun 09, 2026
How are Saudis viewing the US-Iran war? Our polling suggests Gulf kingdom is split on key issues
Surveys in the Gulf kingdom point at ongoing support for the US-Saudi alliance.
Jun 09, 2026
Could the war in Ukraine bring political change to Russia?
The war is increasingly becoming a public humiliation for Russia.
Jun 09, 2026
US defies forecasts of economic slowdown, but its growth isn’t making ordinary people better off
Confronted by higher prices for everyday products, US households are spending more in total.
Jun 09, 2026
Why impressionists loved to paint gardens
Social change made leisure gardens accessible to all – not just kings and aristocrats – at the same time as ‘the great horticultural movement’.
Jun 09, 2026
AI in nature conservation: powerful tool or dangerous shortcut?
The use of artificial intelligence tools is among the top emerging issues in biodiversity conservation.
Jun 09, 2026
Can AI really spot the next football superstar – or is it changing the game in troubling ways?
Technology increasingly promises to make talent identification more efficient and more objective. But can talent can be reduced to numbers and can AI be bias-free?
Jun 09, 2026