How constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions
The mechanics of upending American democracy would entail surmounting a thick tangle of constitutional, bureaucratic, legal ...
Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it
Philosophers explain how our mainstream understanding of ‘home’ is a culturally specific one, and how it could be broadened.
From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world
Conservation groups can now share and compare climate adaptation tactics to support threatened species and ecosystems through a new online tool called AdaptLog.
MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
Martin Luther King Jr. popularized the term ‘beloved community’ and gave it his own meaning. But the still-cited phrase was ...
Gaza ceasefire: fragile deal offers hope for peace but could still fall apart
Waiting for news this week of whether a ceasefire deal between Hamas and the Israeli government must have been agonising for ...
Another Arctic blast is on the way, but how much colder than ‘normal’ is it really?
A large part of the U.S. is about to get hit with another Arctic blast, adding to an already cold January 2025. Forecasters ...
Trump, Truss and the age of vaulting ambition
What is driving our most ambitious politicians in this noisy era? And can they teach us anything about how not to behave ...
Elon Musk is elevating Trump’s foreign policy of deliberate disruption to a new level
Musk’s political involvement appears to be largely aimed at giving succour to populist individuals, parties and causes, as well as actively hollowing out centrist parties in other countries. Musk’s ...
All change! Why the UK’s public transport system could look very different very quickly
The biggest shifts will be driven by the celebrated English devolution bill giving every area of England the right to some ...
How the UK’s plans for AI could derail net zero – the numbers explained
In the UK, AI and related infrastructure consumed around 3.6 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2020. If this consumption ...
The hidden health risk of having your hair washed
Having a salon wash and blow dry is a luxury for many but, for a rare few, a trip to the hairdresser’s has caused a stroke.