Whatever your personal position, the discussion around who can and can’t describe themselves as a man or woman is fraught with tension and misunderstanding. The government is currently consulting on changing gender recognition laws to reflect shifting views, but the move isn’t going down well in some quarters. A group of protestors recently added stickers to Anthony Gormley’s famous “Another Place” statues in Liverpool proclaiming “women don’t have penises”. But is that true? It’s a question philosopher Katharine Jenkins thinks about a lot. She helps to navigate this difficult subject.

From men being socially insensitive to the elderly being slow, there is no shortage of damaging cultural stereotypes about social groups out there. As most of us belong to some group that can be negatively perceived in some way, chances are you know what it feels like to hear such comments. But it has only recently become clear how stereotypes leading to self doubt can significantly impair our performance – with effects even measured in the brain. Magdalena Zawisza explains.

Introducing a new take on Donald Trump’s economic strategy, John Rapley compares the US and China’s trade fight to the famous Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali: the US is the heavy-hitting champion and China is the fast-rising challenger, with the stamina to go the distance.

1968 was a year of huge social upheaval. Half a century later, our colleagues over at The Conversation US have launched a new podcast series called Heat and Light delving into six key but lesser known stories from that tumultuous year. Listen to their first two episodes ‘Revolution Starts on Campus’ and ‘Fear of a Non-Nuclear Family’ now.

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