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Usually relegated to the sidelines, Mary Magdalene is depicted with passion and power in this painting by a north Italian master.
RFK Jr. has a dead tapeworm in his brain.
Crushing pianos, video games and emojis doesn’t seem to have delivered the slick messaging the brand was aiming for.
Such massive disruptions have in the past been caused by volcanoes or meteorites. Only humans have done this with full awareness of their actions.
Universities have a difficult balance to strike between protecting student speech rights and ensuring campus safety.
A daily glass of spirits is not the secret to living for a century or more. Here’s why.
Baby Reindeer, the autobiographical Netflix series about one comedian’s experience of stalking, has consistently been in the streamer’s top ten...
A case of Lassa fever has been reported in Paris, France, sparking lurid warnings about the “horrific Ebola-like bug”. So what is Lassa fever and...
It’s a season of political change in Mexico. On June 2, millions of Mexicans will head to the polls to elect a new president, state governors and...
AlphaFold 3, unveiled to the world on May 9, is the latest version of an algorithm designed to predict the structures of proteins – vital...
The hitherto Conservative MP for Dover, Natalie Elphicke, has sensationally defected to the Labour party. This has sent shockwaves through...
What does the word nature mean to you? Does it conjure visions of wild places away from the hustle and bustle of people, or does it include humans...
The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased...
A work of quite stunning obscurity, Giuseppe Gabrielli’s painting The National Gallery 1886, Interior of Room 32 is not currently on display. But...
Children are the primary victims of war. They are routinely recruited, abducted, raped and buried under rubble. For children lucky enough to...
Nostalgia has somewhat of a bad reputation – particularly for its recent influence on politics and society. The emotion is supposed to persuade,...
If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you might at first think it contains lifeless water. But examine that water under a microscope...
Small really does seem to be beautiful in evolutionary terms. The largest dinosaurs, pterosaurs and mammals may look impressive but these giants...
On May 16 the world will mark the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace. It is a rallying call for people to listen respectfully to...
Two weeks after the US president, Joe Biden, signed off on a US$60 billion (£50 billion) package of military aid to Kyiv, the impact on the...
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. In Europe, almost three in every ten adults were diagnosed with a form of cancer in 2022....
The revival of UK house prices since the peak of the pandemic has now halted, with sale prices falling in April according to the Nationwide...
As global temperatures continue to rise, the ramifications of climate change – from more frequent and severe extreme weather events to rising sea...
We all want to feel like we belong. Psychologists have known this for a long time, describing belonging as a fundamental human need that brings...
More than 200 mostly young people gathered outside the Vietnamese embassy in London to protest against Vietnam’s ruling communist party, demanding...
When he died in August 2022 at the age of 88, there was a great outpouring of affection for the British cartoonist and illustrator Raymond Briggs....
A drug that can treat severe sickle cell disease has recently been given approval by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice)....
The last thing anyone wants is for sex to be a headache. For some people, though, an increase in sexual excitement can be a real pain in the neck....
One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted...
Securing a job that you find meaningful – work that you think is significant and value positively – may be one of your most important career...
Coming soon after the release of the Netflix version of One Day, David Nicholls’ latest novel is another bitter-sweet homage to skewed romance....
The weather is warmer and the nights are lighter. What are those black, curved silhouettes looping in the sky? Assuming you are looking at birds...
In 1782, a judge in England gave husbands the right to use violence on their wives as long as any implement used was not thicker than their thumb....
Across the world, many cities are slowly sinking. Most are on the coast, including tropical megacities like Jakarta in Indonesia or Manila in the...
Vladimir Putin, newly elected as Russian president for a fifth term (and being hailed, apparently, by some ultra-nationalist supporters as...
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was a critical part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. However, on May 7 2024, the European Commission announced the...
Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a...
Your home was probably designed for a climate that no longer exists. As long as humanity continues to burn fossil fuel, padding the heat-trapping...
Kim Kardashian has served up controversial Met Gala looks for over a decade. Every year, her waist seems to shrink further in ever tightening...
Beauty brand Dove recently announced it would not use models generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in its advertising campaigns. But is this...
New data released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows knife and gun crime in London rose sharply in the 12 months before December...
Silent discos started back in the 1970s as a convenient way to get around noise restrictions. In those days that meant everyone bringing their own...
Since the start of the war in Gaza, Israel, Hezbollah and other armed groups in Lebanon have exchanged almost 5,000 attacks across the border....
From a flaky skull, found “as flat as a pizza” on a cave floor in northern Iraq, the face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman named “Shanidar...
The government has proposed dropping the cap on faith admissions for new and existing free faith schools in England. This would mean that...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has progressed at an astounding pace over the last few years. Some scientists are now looking towards the development...
OpenAI’s new “strategic partnership” and licensing agreement with the Financial Times (FT) follows similar deals between the US tech company...
If the pre-election polls are to be believed, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, the leader of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), is set to return...
In April 2024, Venice began its controversial experiment to charge day trippers €5 (£4.30) to visit the city on some of the busiest days of the...
On May 9, Russia celebrates Victory Day, commemorating the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Few people who watch international...
Already a popular option in the US, and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline hydrolysis – a sustainable method...
Vaping has become widely adopted as an alternative to traditional smoking. The latest figures show 4.5 million people in the UK regularly use e-...
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...
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...
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...
For anybody interested in the history of the 1960s, the ongoing protests at US universities have a peculiar resonance. In the past weeks, riot...
Gypsy and Traveller communities are among the more socially excluded groups in the UK. There is a long history of government failures in meeting...
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 (...
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...
Around five and half millenia ago, northern Africa went through a dramatic transformation. The Sahara desert expanded and grasslands, forests and...
This Town, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s latest drama for the BBC, brings to life a defining – if short-lived – era in the history of...
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...