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Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach...
By common consent, the local elections on May 2 were a disaster for the Conservatives. The party lost a total of 478 councillors in the 107...
As Gaza ceasefire talks hang in the balance, Israel has launched its assault on Rafah in the south of the strip, despite the remaining presence of...
We’ve researched the experiences of transgender and non-binary people, particularly in the workplace, for much of the last ten years. Our...
When it comes to professional social media, LinkedIn, with its billion-plus members, stands unrivalled. The platform for career updates, networking...
On a warm evening in April 2023, I sat outside a café in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City and enjoyed a drink with friends. An...
Gangs have an enduring presence in Latin America. They have existed as power brokers, illicit economic actors and spoilers in the developmental...
The novelist and short story writer J.G. Ballard, is known for conjuring warped and reimagined versions of the world he occupied. Dealing with...
Scotland took the first step towards legalising assisted dying on March 27 with the publication of the assisted dying for terminally ill adults (...
Gypsy and Traveller communities are among the more socially excluded groups in the UK. There is a long history of government failures in meeting...
For anybody interested in the history of the 1960s, the ongoing protests at US universities have a peculiar resonance. In the past weeks, riot...
The rapid development of vaccines that protect against COVID was a remarkable scientific achievement that saved millions of lives. The vaccines...
Have you seen that scene from Star Wars where Yoda uses the force to lift the spaceship out of a swamp? Its energy is so powerful, but what exactly...
The local elections which took place on May 2 have provided an unusually rich set of results to pore over. Around 2,600 seats were up for election...
Former prime minister Boris Johnson was reportedly turned away on election day after arriving at his polling station to vote with only “an...
Just five years ago, the UK took the bold step of setting up a Media Freedom Coalition of 50 countries committed to protecting press freedom...
Three hundred years ago, on June 5 1724, an Anglican clergyman by the name of Henry Sacheverell died in Highgate, north London. He was 50 years...
Escherichia coli (which most of us know better as E coli) has a bit of a bad reputation. Many know it as the harmful bug that can cause a stomach...
Changes in personality following a heart transplant have been noted pretty much ever since transplants began. In one case, a person who hated...
Plastic pollution and climate change have common culprits – and similar solutions. The penultimate round of negotiations for a global pact on...
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to make its first flight into space with astronauts on May 6, 2024. This flight and a few others will...
The UK banking regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), finds itself in a public row with the government and many City grandees over its...
The last time Labour won Blackpool South, the party won 270 other constituencies. It was 1997 and Labour took 179 more than all other parties...
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What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special meaning to the Sun and the Moon, but what about...
The UK government is proposing major changes to the benefits system, in response to the increase in people claiming benefits for disability and ill...
Just over six months ahead of the US election, the world is starting to consider what a return to a Trump presidency might mean. While Americans...
The food retailer Iceland has pledged it will give its customers a voice during the UK’s upcoming election. If that sounds like a good idea, then...
In April 2024 the Department for Education announced that there were “no plans” to change single-word Ofsted judgments. These give schools...
An international agreement to end plastic pollution is due to be sealed this year in Busan, South Korea. At the penultimate round of negotiations,...
The EU recently passed a law that criminalises actions “comparable to ecocide”. It’s a revolutionary legal development – the first law of its...
Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets and seaweeds along rocky shores, I started noticing a daily tide of litter, mostly plastic. As...
Plato of Athens (429-347BC) may be one of the most famous philosophers of all times. He was the thinker who came up with the “theory of forms”...
Many Americans are gloomy about the economy, despite some data saying it is improving. The Economist even took this discussion to TikTok. When its...
Would you rather find yourself alone in the woods with a bear or a man? This is the question currently dividing social media. Based on the...
Coverage of the recent student encampments at more than 50 universities across the United States has focused on confrontations between opposing...
A personalised mRNA vaccine to treat melanoma has now reached late-stage trials in the UK. This is just the latest step in improving the cure rate...
The UK faces a significant shift in how homes are heated. To meet climate change goals, new gas boiler installations must be phased out by 2050....
The UK High Court recently dismissed the case against environmental activist Trudi Warner, who was referred for contempt of court in March 2023....
There’s a strange trend in mathematics education in England. Maths is the most popular subject at A-level since overtaking English in 2014. It’s...
Over the past few days we seem to have been hearing more about the protests roiling the campuses of some of the most prestigious universities in...
Content created with the help of generative AI is popping up everywhere, and it’s worrying some artists and content creators. They’re concerned...
All the parts of our bodies share an inherent connectivity. This goes much further than “the foot bone’s connected to the … leg bone”. For...
Speculation continues over Rishi Sunak’s position as prime minister and Tory leader. The Conservatives’ leadership rules stipulate that Sunak...
In the diplomatic manoeuvrings surrounding the conflict in Gaza, things are beginning to gather pace. Israel’s western allies are pressing the...
The recent arrest of Timur Ivanov, Russia’s deputy defence minister and close ally of defence minister Sergei Shoigu, has rocked the country’s...
Falling under the spell of a celebrity crush is a common part of adolescence. But in the age of social media and unprecedented access to our idols,...
Before you buy something, or visit a new restaurant, or see a new film, you may be tempted to check out the online reviews. Researching what...
This article contains spoilers for The Double O trilogy of James Bond books by Kim Sherwood In the first book of Kim Sherwood’s Double O trilogy,...
There is still so much we don’t understand about the origin of life on Earth. The definition of life itself is a source of debate among...
In a teaser video for her third album, Radical Optimism, Dua Lipa explained that every track has that...
UK business is beaming with pride with the recent news of the country’s emergence as the fourth largest exporter in the world based on the United...
Recently, there has been a flurry of publicity about the planned upgrades to OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI-powered chatbot and Meta’s Llama system, which...
Roman dodecahedra are something of an enigma: there is no known mention of these 12-sided, hollow objects in ancient Roman texts or images. First...
In a recent Instagram post, the actor Jameela Jamil revealed she has poor bone density, despite only being in her 30s. Jamil blamed this finding on...
One of the positive things about modern media is that artists can now get their music into the world without having to first impress industry...
As the gloves come off for election year, Britain’s would-be leaders are circling a new political punch-bag: people who are “economically...
China is attempting to recover the first ever soil and rock samples from the lunar far side. The surface mission, Chang’e 6, named after the...
Warning: this article contains minor spoilers for Love Lies Bleeding. The filmmakers behind Love Lies Bleeding (director Rose Glass and her...
The extraordinary sight of five horses galloping through London, sweating and covered in blood, caused the hashtag #Apocalypse to trend briefly on...
New import checks on foods arriving from the EU could affect supplies at Britain’s local delis, high-street greengrocers or independent cafes....
Tony Blair left Downing Street nearly 17 years ago, but in terms of his impact on the Labour party, it’s almost like he never left. After Gordon...
James, the new novel by Percival Everett, is a stunning book which I relished long after finishing. It is the sort of book you need to tell all...
Hemp could become a key tool in the fight against climate change. Like timber, hemp is a biogenic material – it’s produced by growing plants....
As hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear were called in to clear away a student protest at Columbia University on Tuesday night, the...
Though a second Trump presidency is not a foregone conclusion, Nato members are gearing up to Trump-proof the organisation and reviewing their...
James, the new novel by Percival Everett, is a stunning book which I relished long after finishing. It is the sort of book you need to tell all...
The COVID pandemic affected several aspects of children’s health and wellbeing. The number of children referred to specialist mental health teams...
A record number of people will go to polls in 2024 to vote in national elections around the world. People who came of age during the last electoral...
We often assume young people are smarter, or at least quicker, than older people. For example, we’ve all heard that scientists, and even more so...
Dressed in a mini skirt and passionate about boys, music, dance and fashion, the 1960s teenage girl is a pop culture icon, the seeming beneficiary...
In March 2024, a 39-year-old man became the first person in England and Wales to be convicted of the new offence of cyberflashing, part of the...
Climate models are some of the most complex pieces of software ever written, able to simulate a vast number of different parts of the overall...
Climate models are some of the most complex pieces of software ever written, able to simulate a vast number of different parts of the overall...