The damage done: the aftermath of an airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, November 2023.
EPA-EFE/Mohammed Saber
AI is enabling a huge number of decisions about who to target. They are not always the right ones.
Toby Melville/PA images
UN human rights experts have warned that airlines transporting people to Rwanda could be complicit in human rights abuses.
The armed conflict between the Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Worker’s Party has killed thousands of people.
cemT/Shutterstock
Kurds have had a history of discrimination perpetrated against them by the Turkish government.
Influencers foster an impression of authenticity online, which can make them appear trustworthy.
alinabuphoto/ Shutterstock
Social media has transformed how we connect and communicate online — affecting even how we get health information.
Ryan Ng/Shutterstock
Like asking us to believe that 2+2=5, the bill requires decision makers to ignore documented fact and give legal priority to a fiction.
Netflix
A harrowing and important depiction of a male victim of sexual abuse.
Most smokers start in their teens.
Lana Veshta/ Shutterstock
Smoking is the single greatest cause of ill health and death globally.
Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, in June 2023, as fighting between the SAF and the RSF continues.
Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo
Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Exotic shorthair cats are popular in the US but they struggle with health problems.
Julia Senkevich/Shutterstock
The genetic mutations responsible for the unusual physical features in animals can also cause great harm.
EPA/Adam Vaughan
Are Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves focusing on the same criteria for economic competence as Britain’s voters?
Microbes and algae on the seabed produce huge amounts of oxygen that often form bubbles.
Marco Fusi
Marine species respond to ocean deoxygenation in different ways depending on where in the ocean they live.
Michael Conrad/Shutterstock
Some farmers are bewildered and anxious about changes to the way they work.
Alisha Weir as Abigail.
Universal Studios
Though she appears to be a child, we soon learn Abigail is centuries old, and has developed a habit for ‘playing with [her] food’
Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock
There isn’t much lesson time for international languages.
Perseverance rover taking a selfie on Mars.
Nasa
There’s anxiety among space scientists following Nasa’s decision to rethink sample return mission from Mars.
Around ten million people in the UK experience migraines.
Tunatura/ Shutterstock
In one trial, atogepant was shown to reduce the number of migraine days a person had each month by 30%.
MOHAMED ABDULRAHEEM / shutterstock
The treaty focuses on ending plastic pollution, not eliminating the use of plastics. But some countries are more ambitious than others.
Business failures are on the rise in Britain.
Michaelpuche/Shutterstock
The law can help struggling firms turn their business around, but stigma around the legal terms may be deterring companies from acting in time.
Everett Collection Inc/Alamy/Parkwood Entertainment LLC
A young white southern belle asks a woman not to cheat with her man while an older Black southern queen warns a woman against cheating with her husband.
UPI/Alamy Live News
The promised weapons will give Ukraine some breathing space on the battlefield, but victory against Russia is far from assured.
Beth Garrabrant
In the album, Swift claims that she can use heartbreak as a stimulus for creativity, rather than allow it to dictate her everyday life.
Vulture Capitalism argues that there’s no fixing the system.
Bloomsbury
Despite being an unashamedly Marxist critique of the economic consensus, Vulture Capitalism has been making bestseller lists.
dodotone/Shutterstock
Dungeons and Dragons may soon be used be psychotherapists.
Georgians attend a protest against a bill on ‘foreign agents’ near the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 16 2024.
David Mdzinarishvili / EPA
Georgians have taken to the streets to protest a Putin-style ‘foreign agents’ law.
Robert Melen/Alamy
Whether true or not, the UK’s political parties have failed to quash the perception that they prioritise cities.