The Vivienne was a defender of LGBTQ+ rights and a protector of queer joy – they will be missed
The Vivienne rose to international fame by winning the first series of reality television competition RuPaul’s Drag Race UK ...
The UK property outlook for 2025: another bleak year for mortgages amid so much economic uncertainty
Another risk in 2025 is that the UK’s sluggish economic growth could lead to reduced tax revenues. If that happens, the ...
West African military leaders prepare to exit Ecowas regional bloc, raising concerns for stability
Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ...
Translating fiction: how AI could assist humans in expanding access to global literature and culture
Only a small fraction of the world’s literature is ever translated. If AI could increase that, it would broaden access to ...
A quarter of freshwater animals threatened with extinction, finds major new study
A lack of understanding can no longer be used as an excuse for inaction. As the authors of the new study point out, ...
Five ways to make aviation more sustainable right now
Aviation is a small but significant contributor to global emissions. It’s predicted to grow at 4% per year, unless urgent ...
Elon Musk and the tech titans v the rest of Maga – here’s where the big splits could happen
On the one hand, tech mogul, immigrant, and Trump’s (for now) right-hand man Elon Musk declared his strong support for easing restrictions on these visas, pledging that he’d be willing “go to war on ...
How Britain got its first internet connection – by the late pioneer who created the first password on the internet
Peter Kirstein had to overcome various hurdles to connect the UK to the internet, including intransigent governments, dismissive industry and the taxman.
Venâncio Mondlane is Mozambique’s political challenger: what he stands for
He was Venâncio Mondlane, a distant kinsman of Eduardo Mondlane, the first president of Frelimo (Front for the Liberation of ...
Végétaliser notre alimentation : des légumineuses dans le yaourt
De nouvelles recherches visent à développer des yaourts en mélangeant du lait de vache et de la farine de lupin.
Faut-il abroger le délit d’apologie du terrorisme
La proposition de loi LFI visant à retirer du Code pénal le délit d’apologie du terrorisme a suscité une polémique. Pourtant, le débat sur les abus judiciaires liés à cette loi n’est pas illégitime.
Derrière la déforestation d’aujourd'hui, le spectre de la colonisation et de sa gestion
Bornéo, Amazonie, bassin du Congo… Les grandes forêts primaires qu’il reste sont toujours menacées par la déforestation. Une pratique néfaste qui a bien souvent des origines coloniales.