Lydia West and Nicola Coughlan in Big Mood.
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This show has lots to say about the confusing time of life in your 30s, when some friends are settling down while others have just booked tickets for a pagan festival.
Marbled white butterfly.
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Some butterflies are expanding their ranges as the climate changes, others are dwindling.
Republican US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene dons her signed ‘make America great again’ hat.
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When rightwing politicians talk of bringing back greatness, they are doing it for a reason.
Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman made his mark in many fields (1934-2024).
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Remembering his immense contributions to psychology and economics.
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Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, went public on Tuesday March 26. Shares in parent company Trump Media & Technology Group surged 15% after its first day of trading on the Nasdaq…
Can technology empower consumers to make better decisions when they buy food?
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Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.
London and Manchester have always had thriving gay nightlife, but now many queer clubs and bars are closing.
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Widespread closures mean gay nightlife has been forced to change, but something more exciting is evolving in its place, according to a new book.
Installation view of Unravel The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art at the Barbican.
Jemima Yong/Barbican Art Gallery
Textiles have a deceptive simplicity that conceals their potential for subversion and political dissent.
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The European Union is faced with a difficult choice between supporting Ukraine and putting its farmers at a disadvantage.
Donald Trump has an uneasy relationship with Nato, and has said the US would rethink its relationship if he is re-elected.
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If the world sits on the sidelines for the next six months, it not only loses time and ground but puts Trump in a stronger position if he is elected.
A mural by Ricardo Islas dedicated to a skater called Raymond in Chicano Park skatepark, San Diego.
Andrea Buchetti
Skateparks show how the built environment can be transformed if communities, and the DIY cultures they give birth to, are allowed to flourish.
Depiction of an eruption of Vesuvius seen from Portici, by Joseph Wright (c. 1774–6).
Huntington Library, Pasadena
The story of how a ‘new Pompeii’ was built is far less well known than that of the ancient city.
Sand dunes in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert can stretch for 100km.
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Dunes can preserve a record of historic climate changes and shifting continents.
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The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge is already affecting global supply chains.
Cousins Bardon, Gregory and Dante in This Town.
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This Town echoes the ways in which music is forged by its social context, while shaping and defining the lives of the people who make it.
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As the use of AI grows, so too will the advice clients seek on AI-related legal issues.
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Research finds that Ramadan can bolster the success of religious organisations and even influence the results of elections.
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We’ll need to learn the lessons from this disaster.
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Maxim Samson speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the hidden lines that explain variations in everything from access to education to animal species
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Much is written about the world happiness rankings. But it seems not everyone interprets the survey question the same way.