Britain and France are forging a new alliance over backing for Ukraine
Apr 30, 2024 02:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
One hundred and twenty years after the Entente Cordiale, Britain and France are forging a new alliance. The original 1904 agreement paved the way for a stronger relationship between the two countries, but this time the...
Japan’s diplomatic charm offensive in US aims to keep Washington in committed relationship
Apr 30, 2024 02:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
April 2024 proved to be a busy month in Japanese-U.S. diplomacy. The month saw a state visit to the U.S. by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that included a White House sit-down with President Joe Biden on April 10. The...
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Teens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds
Apr 30, 2024 02:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as for you, suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just for you but also about you a mirror reflecting...
Nature conservation works, and we’re getting better at it – new study
Apr 28, 2024 06:38 am UTC| Insights & Views
To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural world is in decline, is there any room for optimism? Well, our new global study has some good news: we...
The planetary orbit in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ is random and chaotic, but could it exist?
Apr 27, 2024 06:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Note: The following article contains spoilers about the Netflix series 3 Body Problem. I first encountered the three-body problem 60 years ago, in a short story called Placet is a Crazy Place by American science fiction...
What is meaningful work? A philosopher’s view
Apr 27, 2024 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
Work is an inescapable feature of the modern world. Most of us, except for a lucky few, spend a significant portion of our lives working. If this is the case, we may as well try and make it meaningful. In a 2019 report,...
Sudan’s civil war is rooted in its historical favouritism of Arab and Islamic identity
Apr 27, 2024 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The current civil war in Sudan goes beyond a simple power struggle between two generals. It reflects a deep-rooted crisis within the countrys governing structure thats been present since it gained independence from the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects