Why is Israel expanding its offensive in Gaza and what does it mean for the Middle East? Expert Q&A
Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza in March, blaming Hamas for rejecting a new US proposal to extend the ceasefire ...
As Israel begins another assault in Gaza, Netanyahu is fighting his own war against the country’s legal system
The prime minister’s attempts to bring the judiciary under government control are fuelling fears of a constitutional crisis ...
Industrial chicken farms are trashing Britain’s rivers – and planning reforms could make things worse
Once voted the UK’s favourite river, the River Wye flows from the Welsh mountains to the Severn estuary – 150 miles through ...
A brief history of dance music – from basements to beaches, dancefloors have mirrored social change
These were hot, dimly lit, crowded, smoke and sweat-filled spaces where the music ricocheted off surfaces and fed directly ...
How the UK and Europe could respond to Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
In a carefully choreographed address from the White House Rose Garden, US president Donald Trump announced a massive package ...
Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here’s the psychology
We may even like to imagine that we would have bravely fought for the resistance to Nazism in the 1940s. But would we? Our ...
Parents’ fear of maths linked to lower achievement in children – new research
Throughout the preschool years, children’s early numeracy skills were lower if their parents were more anxious about maths.
‘Doom loops’ are accelerating climate change – but we can break them
Vicious cycles are accelerating climate change. One is happening at the north pole, where rising temperatures caused by ...
From Tiffany earrings to mobile phones – this is what happens when you swallow something you shouldn’t
Just as problematic are prisoners who swallow mobile phones, as these are too large to progress beyond the stomach, so they get stuck. The only way to remove the phone in these instances is by ...
Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research
In recent decades, these climate patterns have been persisting longer and recurring more often. A striking example is the 2020-2023 La Niña, a rare “triple-dip” event that lasted for three years.
How the ‘manosphere’ spreads through online gaming, influencers and algorithms
Research has shown that spending long periods on social media and gaming sites exposes young men and boys to incel content.
Kirsty Coventry and whiteness in Zimbabwe: how sport can rewrite the political rules
Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to ...