Economists Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt. Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach Three economists working in the area of “innovation-driven economic growth” have won this year’s N...
Economists Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt. Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach Three economists working in the area of “innovation-driven economic growth” have won this year’s N...
Chris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Governments of all stripes provide support to small businesses in the form of tax concessions, lighter-touch regulation or government grants. They’re ca...
Eureka, what an idea! TU IS/iStock/Getty Images Plus Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation....
The NIH is a node in an interconnected system producing health and medical advances. Anchalee Phanmaha/Moment via Getty Images In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the Nationa...
Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash, CC BY Australia’s workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. This has improved over ...
Steel played a large role in the Industrial Revolution. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Many modern devices – from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines – rely ...
Chef Phila Lorn prepares a bowl of noodle soup at Mawn restaurant in Philadelphia. AP Photo/Matt Rourke The Philadelphia restaurant scene is abuzz with the news that the famed Michelin Guide is coming...
Steelmaking uses a lot of energy, making it one of the highest greenhouse gas-emitting industries. David McNew/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to claw back US$3.7 billion in gra...
The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In the northern hemisphere, ice sheets up to 8 kilometres tall covered much of Europe, Asia and ...
The federal government wants to boost Australia’s productivity levels – as a matter of national priority. It’s impossible to have that conversation without also talking about innovation. We can be pro...