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Elections en RDC : l'héritage de la famille Kabila pèse sur le scrutin
Les élections en République démocratique du Congo sont prévues le 20 décembre 2023. La commission électorale du pays a annoncé que le président Félix Tshisekedi se représenterait aux côtés de 23 autres...
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Homeless mothers in England spend up to £300 per month on buses to get their...
When women with children are made homeless – usually by either rent arrears, after no-fault evictions or domestic violence – they are often moved into temporary accommodation. The latest figures from...
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The Doomsday Clock warns the world about catastrophe – here's why it stands...
Artstore/ShutterstockThe Doomsday Clock, with its hands hovering close to midnight (“doomsday”), is a symbolic device that is designed to warn the world how close it is to catastrophe. Midnight is said...
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Pluto: Netflix's anime masterpiece explores how robots 'feel' when humans...
There have been many TV shows and films inspired by the dual fear and excitement surrounding advances in artificial intelligence (AI). But not many exhibit such masterful craft and profound humanity as...
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Early births – between 34 and 37 weeks – for moms with pre-eclampsia can...
About half a million babies die each year as a result of pre-eclampsia, an aggressive and potentially life-threatening problem in pregnancy. Approximately 46,000 women also die each year due to the...
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Booker prize 2023: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts
From a longlist of 12, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2023 Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on November 26.Western Lane by Chetna...
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Kherson one year on: a city bereft of its younger residents and still...
It is a year now since Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson. I knew it before the war as a polyglot and bustling port city (if still determinedly Soviet in feel) sitting largely on the western (right)...
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Should I have children? Here's what the philosophers say
Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt (1880).WikiArtParenthood has traditionally been considered the normal outcome of growing up. A side effect of reaching maturity. Across Europe and the US, only 10%-20%...
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Turmoil at OpenAI shows we must address whether AI developers can regulate...
OpenAI, developer of ChatGPT and a leading innovator in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), was recently thrown into turmoil when its chief-executive and figurehead, Sam Altman, was fired. As it...
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Getting climate funds to conflict zones – a case for working with armed...
Conflict-ridden and fragile countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change and least prepared to deal with it. They are largely excluded from climate adaptation programmes and funding. This...
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Transfert des fonds climatiques vers les zones de conflit : un argument en...
Les pays fragiles et en proie à des conflits sont parmi les plus vulnérables au changement climatique et les moins bien préparés pour y faire face. Ils sont largement exclus des programmes d'adaptation...
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Why did a far-right MP take a fire extinguisher to a Jewish menorah just as...
In an attack caught on video, a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm) used a fire extinguisher to put out the Hanukkah candles on a menorah positioned in a public area of the building, filling the...
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The seven best TV shows of 2023 reviewed by our experts
This year has been a memorable one for television. From the scintillating Succession finale to animated AI dramas, these are the seven shows that had our academic experts glued to the small screen in...
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I'm an expert in slang – here are my picks for word of the year
New Year's Eve -- time to perfect your rizz.Drazen Zigic/ShutterstockAs a linguist who specialises in tracking slang and language change, there’s one holiday tradition I always look forward to: the...
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The Taste of Things review: this gastronomic French tale is a feast for the...
Trần Anh Hùng, the Vietnamese-born French director known for his Oscar-nominated film The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) and Norwegian Wood (2010), returns with another gorgeous work, The Taste of...
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Sunscreen: why wearing it even in winter could be a good idea
The Sun's radiation can still damage our skin even in winter.Stanislav Nikolov/ ShutterstockSunscreen has taken centre stage in many skincare routines, especially among those hoping to prevent visible...
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Mothers are more likely to work worse jobs – while fathers thrive in careers
Lysenko Andrii/ShutterstockHaving a child is bad for a woman’s earnings. This is not only in the immediate period after the birth, but across her lifetime– as shown in research by recent economics...
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The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI could have major implications for...
Tada Images / ShutterstockIn 1954, the Guardian’s science correspondent reported on “electronic brains”, which had a form of memory that could let them retrieve information, like airline seat...
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The US once withheld syphilis treatment from hundreds of Black men in the...
In 1972, a whistleblower revealed that the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) had withheld syphilis treatment from hundreds of Black men as part of a 40-year study observing the natural course...
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Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin's notorious and much-feared anti-spy...
A man under arrest by Russian internal security forces was seen confessing to a “crime”, in a video posted on January 2. He had been apprehended after allegedly posting a video on social media that...
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