The Brexit roots of the UK's Rwanda asylum plan – and why other EU leaders might want to copy it
A controversial British government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been central to the UK’s response to a recent sharp increase in the number of people making the dangerous journey across th...
20 Jun 202431min
Scientists can't agree on how fast the universe is expanding – why this matters so much for our understanding of the cosmos
It’s one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology. Why two different methods used to calculate the rate at which the universe is expanding don’t produce the same result. Known as the Hubble tension, the en...
13 Jun 202424min
Creative flow: what's going on inside our brains when everything just clicks
If you’ve ever experienced a state of creative flow, perhaps when writing, playing music, or even gardening, you’ll know that it feels like everything just clicks into place. But what is actually happ...
6 Jun 202421min
Breakthroughs and failures on the road to a universal snake bite antivenom
Snake bites kill tens of thousands of people around the world each year. But we still use techniques invented in the late 19th century to make antivenom, and each bite needs to be treated with antiven...
30 Mai 202424min
Moments of hope: how Indians keep pushing back against the hollowing out of democracy
After six weeks of voting in the world’s largest democracy, on June 4, Indians will learn who is to be their next prime minister. Narendra Modi, standing for a third term, is the frontrunner. Critics ...
23 Mai 202425min
Assisted dying: Canada grapples with plans to introduce euthanasia for mental illness
A growing number of countries now permit some form of assisted dying and politicians in a number of others, including Ireland, Scotland and France, are now seriously debating it.In Canada, where medic...
16 Mai 202425min
How to spend the billions needed for climate adaptation – and make sure frontline communities have a say
As global temperatures continue to rise, the ramifications of climate change – from more frequent and severe extreme weather events to rising sea levels and ecosystem disruptions – are becoming increa...
9 Mai 202424min
Data poisoning: how artists are trying to sabotage generative AI
Content created with the help of generative artificial intelligence is popping up everywhere, and it’s worrying some artists. They’re concerned that their intellectual property may be at risk if gener...
2 Mai 202426min
