42 of the Best Netflix Series to Binge-Watch Right Now
Struggling with what to watch on Netflix tonight? Look no further than the WIRED guide to the best Netflix TV shows in 2022. Updated weekly.Continue Reading
2022-07-15
43 of the Best Films on Netflix This Week
Stuck for a good film on Netflix? Here are our picks for the best Netflix movies to feast your eyes on, updated weekly.Continue Reading
2022-07-15
England Women in huge Euro 2022 blow as Sarina Wiegman tests positive for Covid and misses Northern Ireland clash
Sarina Wiegman will miss England’s final Group A game after testing positive for Covid-19. The FA says the Lionesses’ head coach will undergo a period of recovery at the squad’s base for the Euros. Sarina Wiegman will miss her team’s clash with Northern Ireland tonight after testing positive for CovidGettyContinue Reading
2022-07-15
Obesity: neither genetics nor social background is a very good predictor of your body weight – new research
There's still much we don't know about body weight. Christian Delbert/ Shutterstock There’s long been a debate about whether genetics or the environment people are raised in is the biggest cause of obesity. Obesity rates have tripled since the 1980s. This is far faster than our genetics could change, suggestingContinue Reading
2022-07-15
Ancient salamander was hidden inside mystery rock for 50 years – new research
Marmorerpeton Brennan Stokkermans , Author provided In the fairy-tale landscape of the Isle of Skye off the north-west coast of Scotland, the skull of one of the most ancient salamanders ever discovered to date was excavated from Jurassic limestones. But it would be decades until scientists had the technology andContinue Reading
2022-07-15
Russia’s neighbours are looking towards the EU or China for protection
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s increasingly explicit imperial ambitions to reconstitute a Russian empire from the ashes of the Soviet Union has raised considerable fears among former members. The only former USSR state that has fully endorsed and supported the Russian campaign against Ukraine is Belarus, where President Alexander Lukashenko remainsContinue Reading
2022-07-15
Jack Absolute Flies Again at the National Theatre review: Uproarious mix of satire, derring do and romance
Review at a glance S o, comic lightning does strike twice. By roughly transposing Sheridan’s The Rivals to an RAF squadron stationed at a Sussex country house during the Battle of Britain, Richard Bean and Oliver Chris create something every bit as uproarious and ribald as Bean’s One Man, TwoContinue Reading
2022-07-15
SAS accused of unlawful killings in Afghanistan, just a year after the British government made it harder to prosecute such crimes
Reuters/Alamy A BBC investigation has found evidence supporting very serious allegations against members of the SAS while they were operating in Afghanistan in 2010-11. This includes the allegation that one unit alone may have unlawfully killed 54 people over the course of six months. The BBC found a series ofContinue Reading
2022-07-15
Gossip has long been misunderstood – here’s how it can help your work and social life
wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock Gossip gets a bad rap – from tabloids full of salacious celebrity gossip, to the badly-behaved teens of television programmes like Gossip Girl. But while it might get dismissed or reported as unsubstantiated rumour, gossip is a key part of politics and the way the world works.Continue Reading
2022-07-14
Whiteness is an invented concept that has been used as a tool of oppression
Whiteness is a modern, colonial invention. It was devised in the 17th century and used to provide the logic for genocide and slavery. The first recorded mention of “white people”, historians concur, is in English playwright Thomas Middleton’s 1613 play, The Triumphs of Truth. Ever since the 17th century, peopleContinue Reading
2022-07-14