A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
A year on from the Hamas attacks and Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, new fronts of fighting are creating another ...
Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark
The agreement labor leaders and management reached will suspend the strike until at least Jan. 15, 2025. There will be more ...
Odyssey by Stephen Fry – the tales of return from the Trojan war are charmingly retold but at an uncomfortable cost
In the final instalment in Fry’s Greek myth retellings that started with Mythos, the author presents a charming and witty ...
Freedom for Chagos islands: UK’s deal with Mauritius will be a win for all
The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to ...
The UK’s £22 billion bet on carbon capture will lock in fossil fuels for decades
The UK government has announced it will invest almost £22 billion in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects over the next ...
Can China’s stimulus blitz fix its flagging economy?
Pan Gongsheng, the governor of China’s central bank, announced a raft of measures on September 24 aimed at boosting the ...
Bird flu patient had no apparent contact with animals – and there’s still no evidence of sustained human-to-human spread
There are four types of influenza virus: A, B, C and D. Influenza A is known to infect humans and other animals, including ...
UK hands Chagos Islands to Mauritius, marking the end of a longstanding sovereignty dispute
The UK government has announced that it will transfer sovereignty of a remote cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean to ...
Joker: Folie à Deux is relentlessly claustrophobic – and castigates its fans at every turn
In Joker: Folie à Deux, Fleck is now incarcerated awaiting trial. In place of the first film’s picturesquely squalid Gotham ...
AI has a stupid secret: we’re still not sure how to test for human levels of intelligence
There’s an analagous problem with the tests used on AIs. There are many well established tests covering such tasks as ...
Por que a maioria das pessoas é destra e não canhota?
A maioria dos seres humanos é destra. Não há motivos claros para isso, mas, dada a expectativa de vida mais curta das pessoas ...
Kepribadian bukan takdir: penelitian membuktikan kita bisa mengubahnya
Konsep kepribadian mungkin terdengar seperti takdir. Namun kepribadian ternyata jauh lebih fleksibel dan dapat diubah seiring ...