
Does Kneecap’s Bafta win signal changing UK attitudes to British colonialism in Ireland?
Riotous Irish film Kneecap has attracted much critical and public acclaim since it debuted at Sundance in January 2024 as the festivals first Irish-language film, winning the prestigious NEXT audience award. Its Irish...

Chaotic cosmic clones and the Joker reinvented – what to watch and read this week
When director Robert Eggers asked him what kind of movies he was interested in, Robert Pattinson said: I only wanna do strange things. It seems hes taken the same approach to stardom as fellow teen star, Daniel Radcliffe ...

J.D. Vance has become Trump’s attack dog, but he’s yet to prove himself a worthy successor
The US vice-presidency is famously rather dull and mostly frustrating, according to some of the people who have taken on the role. I do not propose to be buried until I am dead, Daniel Webster is believed to have said,...

Woolly mice are a first step to resurrecting mammoths, but there’s a very long way to go
US biotechnology company Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences has a radical proposal: it wants to resurrect the woolly mammoth from extinction. In a preprint paper published on March 4, scientists at Colossal report...
Parasitic worms could be hiding in you – how to spot the unusual signs
Dmytro Flisak/Shutterstock The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of sugar worms to get her children to brush their teeth after sweets. Its a trick I poached to convince my daughter...
For narcissistic people, the gap between perception and reality may go far deeper than we thought
Cristina Conti/Shutterstock Despite exuding confidence, narcissistic people relentlessly crave admiration. In other words, they are unable to convince themselves of their own brilliance. Growing research shows the gap...
Women always suffer in times of conflict. Yet the arms industry is accused of gender washing war
A displaced Yemeni woman makes food for her children in the camp where they live in the city of Taiz. akramalrasny/Shutterstock International Womens Day, marked each year on March 8, is all about celebrating women and...