Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group for its efforts to free the world of nuclear weapons
The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots organisation created by survivors of the ...
Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns
These powerful ‘rivers in the sky’ provide a huge share of annual precipitation in many regions, including California. They ...
New rights for UK workers are unlikely to put enough money in the pockets of those who need it
Nothing is less dignified than struggling back to work after a serious illness, because of money worries. The new deal should ...
Climate emergencies threaten our collective security, but governments are flying blind into the storm
There are also important analytical flaws, such as inadequate consideration of cascading and interacting risks like ...
Tunisia’s young democracy flounders as its president wins a second term
Tunisia was the location of an uprising against corruption, poverty and political repression in 2011 that ousted longtime ...
Stem cell therapy reverses type 1 diabetes in world first
It’s rare for medical research to be truly ‘groundbreaking’, but the case study from China showing that stem cell therapy can ...
New technologies could help destroy persistent ‘forever chemicals’
Scientists and engineers are developing new ways to destroy per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) efficiently and ...
Vatican synod is opening the door a bit wider for Catholic women − but they’ve been knocking for more than 100 years
Women’s formal involvement in bishops’ synods has grown slowly over the decades. Even when they were excluded, Catholic women ...
The rise and fall of Sue Gray
Sue Gray has resigned as the chief of staff to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. This resignation came alongside the drip drip ...
Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle
Using the word “happiness” can be off-putting. Sometimes, people associate happiness with recommendations to just smile, ...
Why the Cimarons are one of the greatest British bands of all time – as documentary Harder Than the Rock shows
Before other well-known British bands such as Aswad, Steel Pulse, Matumbi, Black Slate and Capital Letters had exploded on ...
Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe
Providing information about risks and easy-to-use test strips made people more likely to check their water quality. But there ...