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 ...
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 ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects
It is also theoretical. Astronomers infer the Oort Cloud is there because it’s the only logical explanation for the arrival ...
Slow Horses and popular culture’s long fascination with the quest for the ‘perfect assassin’
This article contains spoilers for season four of Slow Horses.
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 ...
Ancient humans were so good at surviving the last ice age they didn’t have to migrate like other species – new study
Most animals retreated to small, warmer enclaves. But some, like humans, seemed to have stayed where they were.
Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may do so again
In 2020,the #StopTheSteal movement built over months of false claims of fraud, culminating in the violence of Jan. 6, 2021.
Why the Labour government has run aground so quickly – and what it needs to do to get back on course
Keir Starmer is not the first prime minister to run into difficulties – but only he can turn this ship around.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Climate change: care for humans, other species and the natural environment is the key to a just transition
The concept of care can serve as a powerful focal point for understanding the climate challenge and for policies toward a ...