Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s highest desert, the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics in the stunning salt flats she has studied since she was 14. Against the magnificent backdrop of endless plains, microscopic discoveries lead her team of scientists to question how critically lithium mining is damaging the delicate ecosystem and impacting Indigenous communities

A meta-analysis of 168 studies reveals that economic inequality is not significantly associated with subjective well-being or mental health.

With one former MEP jailed for taking Russian bribes, Reform UK was under the spotlight – so no better time for its leader to make a swift exit

“On Thanksgiving? Are you confusing that with Festivus?” Jon Stewart said of President Trump’s Truth Social post insulting the Minnesota governor’s intelligence.

The Trump administration has been accused of violating international law by carrying out lethal raids against suspected smugglers — and Britain is said to fear being complicit

A comprehensive study by the CritMET research group, led by Prof. Michael Bau, a geochemist at Constructor University in Bremen, provides evidence of widespread contamination of the North Sea and the ...

From Thatcher to Brexit, the Tories’ war on Europe turned a political colossus into a crippled party. Labour risks repeating the same mistake

Russian attacks kills 2 in Kyiv as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain momentum

Five years before the disgraced ex-Reform politician was sentenced, political scientist Anton Shekhovtsov had encountered his name during his research. Here he recounts how what at first seemed like a...

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New analysis finds that 1 in 10 children hit by the two child limit won't benefit from its removal unless the Chancellor lifts the Benefit Cap too

‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery The Courtauld has unveiled an £82m campus redevelopment it is calling a “once-in-a-generation transformation” of its Grade-I listed building at Somerset House in London. The Stirling prize-winning architects Witherford Watson Mann will take charge of the project at the teaching and research centre and public gallery, which follows their 2021 revamp of the Courtauld Gallery space, and is expected to take four years to complete. The Courtauld Institute of Art is an independent college of the University of London, founded in the 1930s, focusing on the teaching and research of art history. Continue reading...

Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns

The Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is now all but impossible. Limiting — and eventually reversing — the damage will take some thought.