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How Israeli conduct in the West Bank could derail Donald Trump’s latest peace plan for Gaza
The spiraling violence on the West Bank makes a peace deal between Palestinians and Israelis almost impossible to imagine.
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Unbound Forms at the Hepworth: how Indian and Bangladeshi artists turned craft traditions into contemporary sculpture
In the exhibition, wood carving, metal casting, weaving and knotting are reimagined as tools for experimentation and personal expression.
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Hot weather can make pain worse – here’s why
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent, longer and more intense. As they do, it’s likely more people will experience pain.
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Why the UK still can’t fix social care – and what four other countries got right
Social care reform has failed in the UK for 25 years. Four international examples show what a lasting fix actually requires.
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Why I am willing to go to prison tomorrow for Free Speech – The Daily Blog editor
EDITORIAL: By The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury yesterday declared he has been served “legal directives . . . under pain of 6 months imprisonment or a $5000 fine to censor 4 blogs”. He also declared: “We can’t tell you who is doing this. “We
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Dealing with difficult customers? Taking a few minutes to reflect on your day may help
Front-line workers have little control over how customers treat them. New research on taxi drivers points to a simple coping habit.
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ disappoints in its portrayal of Homer’s women
The women of Homer’s Odyssey were cunning, desiring and powerful. Nolan’s adaptation turns them into figures of suffering, sacrifice and regret.
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Canada’s energy transition needs a more diverse workforce
As long as women and other equity-seeking groups are underrepresented, Canada’s clean energy workforce remains inequitable.
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Some tropical butterflies live surprisingly long lives. Is it their high-protein diet?
Heliconius butterflies eat high-protein pollen and seem to age well.
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Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative
POLITICAL BYTES: By Ian Powell On June 6, I published a Political Bytes post criticising the mis-named “Free Speech Union” (FSU) for opposing the exercise of free speech, in the context of fulfilling his duty of care for student wellbeing, by Otago University vice-chancellor Grant Robertson when raising a personal concern: Opposing free speech in
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China is claiming the right to punish its critics anywhere on Earth
China’s new ethnic unity law reaches across borders. The danger is not that it does so. It is what it criminalizes, whom it targets, and how it enforces.
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What happens to pupils’ Welsh after they leave school?
Schools can teach Welsh, but can they create lifelong speakers? New research suggests the answer is more complicated than policy assumes.