Now that the Taliban have reportedly taken full control of Afghanistan and begun forming a government, a looming challenge awaits: How will they keep their country and economy afloat financially? For...
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Is Sexual Abuse And Exploitation Rife In The Music Industry?
The popular music industry has a problem – men are sexually assaulting women. Male producers, record company execs and musicians are exploiting and abusing women musicians, women working in the...
AUKUS: Is An Arms Race With China The Price Of ‘Global Britain’?
A new military alliance between the US, Australia and the UK will, for the first time, provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. While not officially aimed at another country, the “AUKUS”...
The Five Most Impressive Geological Structures In The Solar...
When we talk about amazing geological features, we often limit ourselves to those on Earth. But as a geologist, I think that’s crazy – there are so many structures on other worlds that can excite and...
Why Spite Could Destroy Liberal Democracy
As communism imploded in 1989, the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama asked if liberal democracy was “the end of history”, being the form all societies were destined to take. The past...
How Often Should We Exercise To Get In Shape?
Elite athletes – like Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who won gold for the men’s 1500m race at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – train almost ten to 14 times per week, clocking up numerous hours on the track...
COVID Variants: We Spoke To The Experts Designing A Single...
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has turned the world upside down. Experts have predicted that it will claim the lives of between 9-18 million worldwide. This is in addition to...
The History Of The Taliban Is Crucial In Understanding Their...
The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban left many surprised. To Ali Olomi, a historian of the Middle East and Islam at Penn State University, a key to understanding what is happening now –...
New Technology Can Create Treatment Against Drug-Resistant...
The big idea A new technique my colleagues and I developed that can kill deadly, multidrug-resistant bacteria in real-time could be used to generate targeted therapies that replace traditional...
9/11 Did Not Change The World – It Was Already On The Path To...
The September 11 attacks in New York and Washington were visceral in their impact. In less than three hours, the twin towers of the World Trade Center were reduced to a mountain of twisted metal and...
How Snake Oil Got A Bad Name
During the pandemic, the pejorative term “snake-oil salesman” has been bandied about a lot. It’s been used, perhaps with a tinge of 1980s nostalgia, to describe convicted fraudster and serial...
Time Travel Is Possible – But Only If You Have An Object With...
The concept of time travel has always captured the imagination of physicists and laypersons alike. But is it really possible? Of course, it is. We’re doing it right now, aren’t we? We are all...
When Human Life Begins Is A Question Of Politics – Not Biology
A Texas law that aims to eliminate almost all abortions in the state is part of a long-standing nationwide movement to restrict the right to abortion. The Texas law went into effect on Sept. 1, 2021...
It’s Still Not Fully Understood How Placebos Work – But An...
If you’ve had both of your COVID vaccinations, you may have suffered some side effects – perhaps headaches, fatigue, fever or a sore arm. These effects are mainly caused by your immune system’s...
Calculating The Costs Of The Afghanistan War In Lives, Dollars...
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed a pullout of troops from Afghanistan...
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: What Do New Results Mean For The...
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has announced a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion, using powerful lasers to produce 1.3 megajoules of energy – about 3% of the energy contained in 1kg of...
We Could Power Households From The Scraps In Our Food Waste Bins...
Imagine if you could power your kettle using the energy generated from the vegetable cuttings quietly breaking down in your kitchen’s compost bin. That reality might not be so far off with the growth...
What A Baker From Ancient Pompeii Can Teach Us About Happiness
In a testament to its resiliency, happiness, according to this year’s World Happiness Report, remained remarkably stable around the world, despite a pandemic that upended the lives of billions of...
I’m A Sheep And Cattle Farmer In England, And Brexit Has Left...
You either love him or hate him, but Jeremy Clarkson’s documentary series about trying to get to grips with sheep rearing, tractor driving and running a farm shop at Diddly Squat Farm has...
Why Did A Military Superpower Fail In Afghanistan?
The speed and efficiency with which Taliban forces were able to complete the occupation of most of Afghanistan, as well as the quick collapse of the Afghan government, has led to criticism of...