The Northman Deserves More Than Cult Classic Status
Director Robert Eggers’ new movie has an opportunity to prove an artful viking epic can battle the summer superheroes.Continue Reading
2022-04-22
Making Science More Open Is a Potential Security Risk
The open science movement pushes for making scientific knowledge quickly accessible to all. But a new paper warns that speed can come at a cost.Continue Reading
2022-04-22
The Future of EV Charging is Bidirectional, If You Can Afford It
Idle electric vehicles could act as massive batteries for homes and the energy grid. But the technology to pull this off is tricky.Continue Reading
2022-04-22
Exercising while sick won’t help you get over a cold faster – but it may prevent your next one
The stress of exercising while sick could potentially make our immune cells less effective. Dmytrenko Vlad/ Shutterstock Exercising regularly is good for your immune system – with some research suggesting that it may even lower the risk of getting upper respiratory infections, such as the common cold. Even as littleContinue Reading
2022-04-22
Here’s how we proved that tropical birds are more colourful – and why colour helps them survive
Green headed tanager in Ubatuba, Brazil Lars Falkdalen Lindahl, CC BY-SA 3.0., CC BY For many of us, the tropics conjure up thoughts of lush vegetation teaming with vibrant and strikingly colourful birds, insects and other creatures. It’s been a widespread belief that the tropical regions of the world areContinue Reading
2022-04-22
West must beware the language of appeasement and see Russia’s war on Ukraine for what it is
Words influence the way we see the world. In 2015, we warned that the language used by the west to describe Russia’s armed intervention in Ukraine was a jumble of euphemism and understatement that failed to serve the public interest. The problem hasn’t gone away. Today there may be aContinue Reading
2022-04-22
Kashmir: what happens after Imran Khan’s downfall?
Since Imran Khan was ousted as prime minister of Pakistan on April 9, the future of the long disputed and war-torn Kashmir region, on the borders of India and Pakistan, is at the forefront of many minds. Khan had made little headway in resolving the Kashmir conflict, despite his ambitionContinue Reading
2022-04-22
Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful review: A meticulous triumph
Review at a glance T he packaging is the most obvious reference point: a medical design which in its £70 vinyl form comes with eight pieces of card you can pop out and fold into pill boxes. Then there’s the beginning: a female voice saying the album title (in thisContinue Reading
2022-04-22
Aleksei Navalny: new film about jailed dissident who dared to defy the power of Putin
One of the last lines jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny speaks in the eponymous new CNN documentary is a quote usually attributed to the 18th-century philosopher Edmund Burke: “The triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” It is unclear whether Navalny sees Russian politics as aContinue Reading
2022-04-21
Ukraine recap: why words are important – and truth must triumph over propaganda
It’s eight weeks since the Russian military rolled across the border into Ukraine, telling the world that this was just a “special military operation” aiming to free an oppressed people from what Vladimir Putin called a “gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis”. The character of this war on the UkrainianContinue Reading
2022-04-21