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Growing up in Greece, wildfires were a constant presence each summer. In 2007, I remember watching TV footage of fires ravaging the Peloponnese...
A US intervention in Iran appeared imminent this week. US and UK troops were pulled out of several bases around the Middle East, US military assets...
It is late, the ward is crowded, and the clock is moving faster than everyone would like. A doctor has stabilised the patient as best they can, but...
Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time — shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a misunderstanding of work...
It is 1925 and the scene is Chimneys. It’s the English stately pile of the Caterham family, but the penurious Lady Caterham (Helena Bonham Carter),...
We were standing by a large white board in one of the prison’s educational areas, debriefing how our study on hope had gone when the man slipped...
Many women have experienced severe distress as Grok, the AI chatbot on social media site X, removed clothing from their images to show them in...
Danish foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, has said there is still a “fundamental disagreement” over the future of Greenland following talks at...
In a moment being celebrated by global marine conservationists, a new UN high seas treaty comes into force on January 17 providing a new way to...
Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine passed a significant milestone on January 13. It has now outlasted the 1,418 days it...
British electoral politics in the 1980s were dominated by Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister for the whole of that decade. Similarly, Tony Blair...
The UK government says it has learned valuable lessons from the expense, delays and political embarrassment of HS2. And now it has laid out...
Wales prides itself in being a pioneer in environmental policy. It was the first country in the world to adopt a statutory duty for public bodies...
The success of restoration efforts hinges on involving local communities. That was the finding of our recent study which explored restoration...
RuneScape experienced a surge of popularity over the 2025 holiday season. While fan nostalgia for a game that is now 25 years old plays a role, the...
For one in five people, losing a pet has been more distressing than losing a human loved one. New research has revealed that 21% of those who...
The government’s recently announced grand plan to end homelessness in England is the latest instalment in a long line of promises (and failures) by...
When a protest by angry traders about what they see as the Islamic Republic’s poor handling of the economy morphed into a national uprising across...
The US president promised Iranian protesters that ‘help is on its way’. It wasn’t.
For years, the narrative surrounding teenagers’ use of digital technology has been one of alarm. Time spent scrolling through TikTok or playing...
Donald Trump is clearly in a hurry to dominate the political narrative in his second term of office. He began 2026 with strikes in Syria against...
When you spot false or misleading information online, or in a family group chat, how do you respond? For many people, their first impulse is to...
Heated Rivalry, the HBO TV adaptation of the second book in Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series, rounded out 2025 as a surprise, word-of-mouth...
For many years, I lived in the Indian city of Chennai where the summer temperatures can reach up to 44°C. With a population of 4.5 million, this...
Progress towards achieving Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza is stalling. Israeli strikes across the territory on January 9 killed 13...
Huntington’s disease (HD) has long been impossible to cure, but new research is finally giving fresh hope. HD is a progressive, hereditary brain...
Governments across the world want AI to do more of the heavy lifting when it comes to public services. The plan is apparently to make make things...
Few long-running horror franchises manage to feel both expansive and intimate. The Bone Temple, the second film in a projected trilogy revisiting...
Urology departments in England and Wales have reported seeing an increase in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds being admitted for bladder...
The UK government has just announced the results of its biggest-ever auction for new offshore wind projects. By doubling the budget at the eleventh...
The wellbeing benefits of nature are often linked to forests or habitats that support diverse pollinators. Spending time in green spaces reduces...
The woolly rhino, Coelodonta antiquitatis, would have been an impressive sight to the ancient people who painted images of them on cave walls and...
Around the turn of the century, the internet underwent a transformation dubbed “web 2.0”. The world wide web of the 1990s had largely been...
UK inflation may be easing, but many households still find their weekly shop getting more expensive. One key reason is something not captured in...
We were standing by a large white board in one of the prison’s educational areas, debriefing how our study on hope had gone when the man slipped...
Those hoping to lose weight this year might be tempted to try to a diet challenge in the hopes of kick-starting their weight loss. But while we...
Our beliefs aren’t fixed. They’re shaped, stretched and sometimes overturned by the ideas we encounter as we move through life. For many of us,...
The global outcry over the sexualisation and nudification of photographs – including of children – by Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s...
Donald Trump is weighing military action in Iran over the state’s crackdown on protesters. Reports suggest that more than 600 people have been...
When indoor air pollution makes the news in western countries, it often feels like a local issue. One week it focuses on wood-burning stoves....
Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro was recently reported to have undergone three medical treatments to stop a bout of persistent...
Autistic people are so rarely depicted in media and entertainment, it’s no wonder most people don’t really understand much about the neurotype. So...
Tensions are growing in east Asia. The threat of a Chinese attack on Taiwan persists and, in recent weeks, North Korea has been testing its...
AI is already doing a pretty good job at taking on some of the world’s workload. It has produced academic papers, enhanced space exploration and...
Diversity among students and researchers is a common goal across academia. This has been driven by a desire to increase opportunities for the...
US president Donald Trump’s attacks on the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, are yet another signal of a new era of economic...
What happens when learning English stops being a bridge into society and starts to feel like a test of belonging you can fail? That is the question...
Russia’s war in my home country Ukraine has caused environmental damage on a vast scale. Roughly 2.4 million hectares of agricultural land – an...
When Hurricane Delta hit Mexico’s Caribbean coast in 2020, insurance payouts were released within days – not to rebuild hotels or roads, but to...
Iranians have shown a willingness to pay a devastating price for political change, as protest has consistently been met by the Islamic Republic...
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