Financial markets react more strongly to sudden, visible events like storms, even when gradual changes like rising sea levels might be equally devastating. | Continue reading
Loneliness in women is on the rise in Japan, and friendship can help. But in this novel, connection quickly becomes obsession. | Continue reading
Beyond simple survival, Moldova seems to have emerged stronger from the challenges it has faced. | Continue reading
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The UK government’s efforts to decolonise the Chagos Islands remain mired in legal controversy. | Continue reading
A study tracking women for more than two decades adds to growing evidence that when menopause hormone therapy is started may influence dementia risk later in life. | Continue reading
People typically die from progressive supranuclear palsy within 7 to 10 years. There is currently no specialized treatment or effective screening for this neurodegenerative disease. | Continue reading
While rationalizing deception is easy to do, developing the virtue of truthfulness is not. | Continue reading
AI tools can now generate movie scenes, resurrect lost footage and replace entry-level jobs – forcing Hollywood to rethink creativity, labor and authorship. | Continue reading
The war on terror is among the Middle East conflicts that sparked a rise of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab discriminatory incidents in the US. | Continue reading
Surveys have found that researchers studying UAPs can face pushback from mentors and colleagues, even from people who think it’s an important line of research. | Continue reading
Rather than generating climate-warming emissions and wasting nutrients and energy, food waste can become a resource if processed in sewage treatment plants. | Continue reading
There’s a growing interest in mining the ocean seabed for minerals essential to technology. But whose minerals are they? A Law of the Sea scholar explains. | Continue reading
Black children who go missing are often labeled as runaways, which excludes them from the Amber Alert system. | Continue reading
Young Latinos’ activism for immigrant rights ove the past few months has put a spotlight on their importance for the future of the Catholic Church. | Continue reading
The challenges of the election remain voter apathy, fractured opposition and a shrinking civic space. | Continue reading
From serious villains to children’s book baddies, these literary mothers subvert every maternal instinct. | Continue reading
A little trust can be a dangerous thing. Kmatta via Getty Images When you think about economic activities that society tends to frown on – like offering bribes, paying for the services of a sex worker or even selling human organs – “trust” and “loyalty” might not be the first thi … | Continue reading
In the U.S., if you waive your Miranda rights, you'll be interrogated – whether you're drunk or sober. Photoboyko/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine it’s Friday night. You’re enjoying happy hour with friends after a long week. You’re relaxed, having indulged in several of your … | Continue reading
Avoiding iffy downloads is no longer enough to ensure this doesn't happen. Olemedia/iStock via Getty Images You probably know better than to click on links that download unknown files onto your computer. It turns out that uploading files can get you into trouble, too. Today’s web … | Continue reading
Recent high-profile mass shootings at SEPTA bus stations have left Philadelphia commuters on high alert. Two gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in the Ogontz neighborhood on March 4, 2024, striking five people and killing 17-year-old Dayemen Taylor. Two days later, a group of teena … | Continue reading
If you plan for retirement now, you'll have less of a shock waiting for you in future. fizkes/Shutterstock Retirement planning sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry, especially when you’re in your 20s. But it’s actually the key to unlocking your future freedom. The earli … | Continue reading
The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge has been the site of a legionella outbreak and other unsafe living conditions. Ajit Wick/Shutterstock Five months ago, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. The court found the African cou … | Continue reading
All prime ministerial memoirs are about shaping legacies. “History will be kind to me,” Churchill is alleged to have said before writing his own six-volume history. “For I intend to write it.” But among these memoir writers sits a sub-genre of leaders who need to do some pretty s … | Continue reading
The Barbican recently unveiled Purple Hibiscus, a new textile installation by Ghanaian artist, Ibrahim Mahama. Named after Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2003 novel, the colourful installation comprises 2,000 square metres of handwoven cloth covering the Barbican’s La … | Continue reading
Freezing bread causes the starches it contains to turn into resistant starches. Nadezhda Mikhalitskaia/ Shutterstock Several recent TikToks have claimed that freezing bread actually makes it healthier. Some of these mention there’s research which backs up the claims. But is this … | Continue reading
Randa Kachef, CC BY-ND Since moving to London almost a decade ago, I’ve always been struck by the drink tins, sandwich packs and free newspapers draped on and wedged in every nook and cranny of this beautiful city. I’ve coined the phrase “polite littering” to represent rubbish th … | Continue reading
There was a moment during the state capture years of South African president Jacob Zuma’s term in office (2009 to 2018) when the veil finally slipped. There had been quiet rumblings against the country’s constitution for many years. But now a senior figure in the ruling African N … | Continue reading
Climate change has already made tropical oceans too hot for some marine species to survive. As they flee towards the poles, the implications for ecosystems and human livelihoods will be profound. | Continue reading