Is the Amazon rainforest on the verge of collapse?
By Simon Willcock, Gregory Cooper and John Dearing Sprawling 5.5 million square kilometres, the Amazon rainforest is the largest of its kind and home to...
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Data from thousands of surveillance cameras confirms that protected areas safeguard species diversity
By Cheng Chen and Cole Burton We have entered what some scientists refer to as Earth’s sixth major extinction. Human disturbances, such as over-harvesting of...
How the war in Ukraine is changing Europe
Remembering the past, looking to the future By Matt Fitzpatrick Both sides in this war have plundered history. Vladimir Putin claims to be replaying the...
Why the pursuit of happiness can be bad for you – and what you should pursue instead
Christian van Nieuwerburgh, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Jolanta Burke, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Happiness is one of the...
Ukraine: why the sanctions won’t topple Putin
Sergey V. Popov, Cardiff University Russia knows sanctions. In 2009, the death of Moscow anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in custody motivated Bill Browder, an entrepreneur...
CBT is wrong in how it understands mental illness
Sahanika Ratnayake, Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the most popular forms of talking therapy. It is the treatment of choice for depression and...
Implications of Russian capture of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant
By Carmel Mothersill Shortly after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, both governments said that the Russian military had taken over the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear...
Physics and psychology of cats
By Beth Daley, Have you wondered why cats are so nimble and seem to fit perfectly in cups, boxes and other small places? Or how...
How we made a video game based on medieval records
The year is 1498. The town of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland has fallen prey to a “strange sickness” that is the deadly plague. Disease is...
Coronavirus: lifting the remaining measures in the UK is a dangerous and senseless move
By Christian Yates, There cannot be many people who wouldn’t want to return to the carefree ways of 2019. To be free from the concern...
