Habitual part of the diet
People in Europe ate seaweed for thousands of years before it largely disappeared from our diets say Karen Hardy and Stephen Buckley
Seaweed isn’t something that generally features today ...
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Taylor Swift joins a long history of women fighting slut-shaming in their writing
By Lucy Thompson
One track stands out on the rereleased edition of Taylor Swift’s iconic album, 1989. In Slut!, Swift addresses her encounters with slut-shaming – behaviour that shames women who ...
Sitting too long?
Matthew Ahmadi and Emmanuel Stamatakis explain how 22 minutes of exercise a day could reduce the health risks of the sedentary
People in developed countries spend an average of nine to ...
Britney Spears’ memoir is a reminder of the potential damage of child stardom
By Jane O’Connor
Britney Spears’ new memoir, The Woman in Me, illustrates once again the potential lifelong damage that can be caused by being a child star. Like many ...
Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags
Laura Lander, King’s College London and Grazia Todeschini, King’s College London
Electric cars are getting bigger and heavier. In 2019, 30% of the electric vehicle (EV) models available worldwide were ...
Vivien Leigh at 110
Lisa Smithstead looks at how she survived Hollywood before #MeToo
Vivien Leigh’s achievements in cinema were extraordinary. Known for her glamour and beauty, the actress rose from a bit-part ...
Changing times at harvest
Climate change may make Bordeaux red wines stronger and tastier, but the outlook is mixed elsewhere in Europe says Andrew Wood
It’s harvest time again for most of Europe’...
How fame has changed since Antiquity
By Benedict Carpenter van Barthold
From the end of Antiquity (5th century CE) until about 1250, image-makers were more or less anonymous craftspeople. Traditional images from the Byzantine world dominated art ...
Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050
By Nadia Ameli, Femke Nijsse, and Jean-Francois Mercure
In pursuit of the ambitious goal of reaching net-zero emissions, nations worldwide must expand their use of clean energy sources. In the ...
In praise of almonds and nuts
There’s plenty of good reasons to recommend everyone include a handful of nuts in the food they eat each day
By Boris Hansel, Diana Kadouch, Jérémy Puyraimond-Zemmour
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How often do you think about the Roman empire?
TikTok trend exposes the way we gender history says DOMINIC JANES
How often do you think about the Roman empire? This question, posed to men by their partners on social ...
Another reason to cut down on children’s screen time
By Sergio Flores Villar
The effects of prolonged screen use during childhood have been extensively studied in recent years. Evidence indicates that excessive screen time is harmful both to neurological ...
The EU and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: many voices, no shared vision
By Maxime Lefebvre
The day after the barbaric attacks by Hamas on Israel, the EU’s Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Oliver Varhelyi of Hungary, announced the suspension of ...
‘Toxic masculinity’ isn’t a useful term for understanding all of the ways to be a man
By Richard Gater
There seem to be as many interpretations of what ‘toxic masculinity’ means as there are uses of the term.
Some believe it’s a way to criticise ...
Five tips for a sustainable Halloween
By Alice Brock
Halloween is the spookiest time of the year. However, as you prepare to send shivers down the spines of your friends and family, you may not have ...
Is TikTok right? Will eating three carrots a day really give me a natural tan?
By Lauren Ball and Emily Burch
A beauty trend gaining popularity on TikTok, dubbed the “carrot tan”, claims eating three carrots a day will give you a natural tan.
But ...
Calories and kilojoules
How do we know the energy content of food, and how accurate are the labels?
By Lauren Ball, Emily Burch and Katelyn Barnes
Everything we consume contains energy our bodies ...
Women take fewer risks because they think about losing more than men
By Chris Dawson
One difference between men and women has been well documented by economists, psychologists and biologists – that women tend to be more cautious and take fewer risks. Evidence ...
Legacy of a fashion house
As Sarah Burton leaves Alexander McQueen, NAOMI BRAITHWAITE explores her legacy through five iconic designs
Sarah Burton, the creative director for Alexander McQueen, has announced that she is leaving the ...
‘Mum-shaming’ of Sophie Turner is part of a problem that harms all parents
By Fiona Woollard
Like many celebrity divorces, the split of Sophie Turner and singer Joe Jonas has been accompanied by a flurry of rumours. It was reported that the breakup ...
No gavels, no hearsay and lots of drinking: a law expert ranks legal dramas by their accuracy
Law expert Dale Mitchell ranks legal dramas by their accuracy
FROM Elle Woods in Legally Blonde to Jennifer Walters in She-Hulk, Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird to Denny ...
Azerbaijan’s use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh risks undermining key international norms
By Nareg Seferian
The United States’ top humanitarian aid representative, Samantha Power, was dispatched on a fact-finding mission on Sept. 26, 2023, to a registration point on the border with Armenia for ...
Shutdowns are a uniquely American drama − in the UK, it’s just not Parliament’s cup of tea
By Garret Martin
When it comes to shutdowns, the U.S. is very much an exception rather than the rule.
Save for a last-minute spending deal in Congress on Oct. 1, 2023, ...
What can you do to speed up your metabolism?
By Nick Fuller
Our metabolism is the force inside our bodies that mysteriously decides whether to convert the food we eat into a burst of energy, or extra kilos on ...