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Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (879+ words) As the government is exploring a new EU youth mobility scheme and working towards a renewed association with the Erasmus+ programme, a world of opportunity may be opening up once again for young people in the UK. Studying or working…...
View from The Hill: Labor’s ‘managed democracy’ reaches high point as blanket thrown over Israel-Gaza dissent
18+ hour, 9+ min ago (762+ words) Labor national conference has been a textbook exercise in managed democracy. This reached its pinnacle when the powers-that-be – ministers and factional heavyweights – worked behind closed doors to squash an attempted revolt over the party’s draft platform on Israel and Gaza....
A sweary boss might make you work harder (or want to quit)
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (528+ words) Some people love to swear. In the workplace, some of those people might be in charge. You may have worked with one (or be one) yourself. The team leader who likes to pepper a pep talk with spicy language, or…...
What we’ve learned from Andy Burnham’s first week as prime minister
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (785+ words) In Downing Street on Monday, a day of uncompromising sunshine and unrelenting news helicopters, several things were note-worthy. There was the lectern, or rather, its absence. The arrival of four feet of varnished wood has become the visual cliche of…...
A 1952 Pan Am plane crash transformed passenger safety procedures – a former airline pilot explains how
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1059+ words) On Good Friday, April 11 1952, a Pan American Douglas DC-4 named Clipper Endeavor took off from San Juan in Puerto Rico, bound for New York. On board were 64 passengers including six infants, plus five crew. The flight lasted less than nine minutes…...
What repeated blows to the head in sport may mean for dementia risk
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (894+ words) There is now widespread evidence that years of heading, tackling and collisions in football and rugby could increase the risk of dementia and other neurological diseases. The latest – preliminary research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in July 2026 – examined…...
The Benadryl Challenge isn’t going away – here’s how public health officials are trying to stop this deadly viral trend
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (770+ words) A dangerous social media trend that started in 2020 has persisted into 2026, with heartbreaking consequences. In May and June 2026, four American teens died participating in the “Benadryl Challenge.” This trend encourages adolescents and young adults to consume excessive amounts of diphenhydramine…...
Force of Nature shows how extreme weather pushes wildlife to its limits
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (983+ words) A chimpanzee digging for water in a dried-up Senegalese riverbed. A colony of 40,000 flamingos scattered by a hurricane. A polar bear hunting on ice that is disappearing beneath its feet. These are not scenes from some distant climate-altered future. They…...
The Piano: how the viral appeal of pianists in public spaces is not so different from 19th-century music salons
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (498+ words) This viral appeal mirrors the high-society “hype” of 19th composers and pianists; viewers are not simply watching a technical display, but witnessing a deliberate musical interruption of the mundane. In both the 19th-century salon and the 21st Instagram feed, the thrill lies…...
Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal?
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1140+ words) The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued new grant guidelines that threaten to withhold counterterrorism funds from states that do not comply with President Donald Trump’s election security directives. The agency told states they must “reconcile the number of voters…...