Far from an exception, 16 March marked the 100th time under the Fifth Republic that France’s president chose to use a special constitutional measure to force through unpopular measures.
Finland has gone from neutral to Nato member in 30 years and Sweden could be set to follow.
When we are tired, bored or something is bothering us, children and adults behave worse. All because the brain’s control tower, the prefrontal cortex, is not working at full capacity.
The UK is now the only democracy where the children of formerly colonised people are running the country that colonised their parents’ and grandparents’ nations.
In various sketches and pencil sketches that Picasso made during his formative years, the most important plastic, perceptive, communicative and expressive revolution of the 20th century was being foreshadowed with absolute clarity: Cubism.
No one would think of eating an endangered animal like the Iberian lynx. So why do we still eat eels?
A pioneering study has identified how public spaces are emotionally affected by gender.
Many people think their destiny is written on the stars. It is not.
Octopuses are enigmatic beings whose experiences of industrial farming are likely to be profound.
The banking crisis has been caused by the interest rate rises, and further hikes were supposed to be a no no.
A document, which dates to 1452, shows that da Vinci’s father emancipated an enslaved woman named Caterina – Leonardo’s mother.
The pandemic has seen more and more full-time employees working fully remotely – and seeking out cheaper, warmer places in which to do so. Property price hikes show the impact on local communities.
A refugee in France, the Turkish sociologist has been persecuted in her country for 25 years. Her case is emblematic of the repression of academics in Turkey – and elsewhere.
Codex Sassoon 1053 is not exactly the oldest known complete Hebrew bible. So how can we explain its astronomical price?
Certain immune cells acquired from a coronavirus that causes the common cold appear to react to COVID – but more so in children that adults.
You can train your brain to get excited about the start of the week – or at least cope with it.
The AI chatbot ChatGPT can do many things, but its inability to solve Wordle explains parts of its programming.
A child born now is likely to suffer, on average, three to four times as many climate extreme events in their lifetime as their grandparents did.
Targeted income support could help tackle big social and ecological challenges.
Dogs and ground-nesting birds in breeding season: why the two should never meet.
