Staring at an image of yourself on Zoom has serious consequences for mental health – especially for women
In the past few years, people across the world have spent more time on video chat programs like Zoom and FaceTime than ever before. These...
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Protecting biodiversity – and making it accessible – has paid off for Costa Rica
By Alejandra Echeverri Ochoa and Jeffrey R. Smith After two years of pandemic lockdowns and border closures, global travel appears to be rebounding in much of...
From ‘biologically dead’ to chart-toppingly clean: how the Thames made an extraordinary recovery over 60 years
By Veronica Edmonds-Brown It might surprise you to know that the River Thames is considered one of the world’s cleanest rivers running through a city....
Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portraits expose the darker side of the 60s
Harriet Fletcher, Lancaster University “If you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t really there”. This famous quip says much about our rose-tinted nostalgia for the decade....
A whole new set of horny lords and ladies: how Bridgerton brought romance book serialisation to television
By Jodi McAlister and and Kate Cuthbert, The first season of steamy romance series, Bridgerton achieved immense popularity – it is Netflix’s second-most watched television...
Boris Johnson fined by police over partygate – what happens next?
By Matthew Flinders After months of dodging the issue, it appears that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did in fact break his own emergency laws...
Want to buy sustainable Easter chocolate? Pick from our list of ‘good eggs’
By John Dumay, Cristiana Bernardi and Stephanie Perkiss What do Beyond Good, Alter Eco, Tony’s Chocolonely and Whittaker’s all have in common? Besides producing delicious...
We all know that salt is bad for you, but what about pepper?
By Laura Brown, Everybody knows that consuming too much salt is bad for your health. But nobody ever mentions the potential impact of the other...
Climate change report: what we must do to avert the looming crisis
By Victor Ongoma Climate change is a threat to all aspects of our lives. Every degree of global warming is likely to increase the intensity...
Elon Musk just made Twitter a much more interesting company
By Hamza Mudassir The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is now Twitter’s largest shareholder after acquiring a 9.2 per cent stake in the social media...
