Your say: week beginning May 18
The Conversation 17 May 2026

Your say: week beginning May 18

From fighting our programming to be distinctly human, to treating a frozen shoulder: an edited selection of your views.

Five Books For the Insomniac in Your Life
Lit Hub 15 May 2026

Five Books For the Insomniac in Your Life

Shakespeare called sleep “nature’s soft nurse.” But who is caring for the insomniac who has forgotten how to sleep? Some kind of cruel night minder? How nice it must be to simply …

Sweet: the quest for a sugar alternative
The Conversation 15 May 2026

Sweet: the quest for a sugar alternative

It’s the ultimate win-win that food scientists have been seeking for over a century. But replacing the sweet stuff turns out to be much harder than anyone imagined.