News
Baby boomers embrace a freer sexuality, but ageist norms persist
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (886+ words) Baby boomers have broken many taboos and transformed social norms, particularly around sexuality. As this generation grows older, is society's view of older adults' sexuality changing? Research suggests it is, even if some taboos persist. As a specialist in sexuality…...
New DNA analysis identifies more members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (1060+ words) The 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage expedition was an unprecedented disaster in the history of British polar exploration, with the loss of all 129 officers and crew and the discovery ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The catastrophe has been the subject of…...
Pakistan's voter turnout decline: Why more women registered, but fewer cast ballots in 2024
8+ hour ago (847+ words) Pakistan has made measurable progress in reducing the gender gap in voter registration. More women are now listed on electoral rolls than ever before. Yet this administrative success masks a troubling democratic reality: while the number of registered women voters…...
Mali's security crisis holds warnings for Nigeria: here's why
17+ hour, 6+ min ago (921+ words) Mali and Nigeria, two of the countries in the Sahel region of west Africa, are separated by approximately 1, 000 kilometres, with the Niger Republic between them. They differ in population size and government, but they face some of the same threats....
Ebola outbreak in the DRC: four reasons it will be hard to contain
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1018+ words) By the second week of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo it was already clear that containing the spread of the haemorrhagic disease was proving to be difficult. On 17 May 2026, the World Health Organization declared the…...
The network watching the world's oceans is under pressure " just when it's needed most
2+ day, 57+ min ago (919+ words) Increasingly, the world's oceans are telling us our climate system may be changing faster and more dramatically than expected. These new insights are made using a vast global network of instruments " from drifting floats and moored buoys to research vessels…...
John of John: weaving an island tale of secrets that lie beneath repression and shame
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (788+ words) Fifty pages into John of John, Douglas Stuart's atmospheric third novel, you can almost feel the cold, damp air of the fictional Hebridean village of Falabay, and come to recognise its brooding and eccentric inhabitants like old friends and neighbours....
The Enhanced Games: "dangerous clown show" or a wake-up call for traditional sport?
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (557+ words) Las Vegas has always had a reputation for doing things bigger, louder and glitzier than everyone else. On Sunday, May 24 2026 it continues that tradition when the inaugural Enhanced Games take place at a purpose-built entertainment centre at Resorts World, a…...
Could sodium replace lithium as the dominant ingredient in batteries?
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1018+ words) The world we live in today runs on batteries. But the lithium ion batteries that dominate the market are expensive and environmentally demanding to extract. The raw materials for lithium ion batteries are scarce and concentrated in a few geographical…...
Ageing with purpose: the surprising science of frailty reversal
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (797+ words) Some of the most powerful interventions to slow or improve frailty are also the most ordinary: regular movement, adequate nutrition and meaningful social connection. It almost sounds too simple for a condition now recognised as one of the strongest predictors…...