What’s the difference between climate and weather models? It all comes down to chaos
Weather and climate models are both governed by the same physical processes. But there most of the similarities end.
She was 15. He was 26. Sonia Orchard’s Groomed proves her abuser was wrong: age isn’t ‘just a number’
In Groomed, Sonia Orchard reappraises the social and cultural factors that allow sexual exploitation to persist.
The butterfly effect: this obscure mathematical concept has become an everyday idea, but do we have it all wrong?
The image of the tiny flapping butterfly has come to stand for the outsized impact of small actions, or even the inherent unpredictability of life itself. But what was Lorenz – who is now remembered ...
Mark Zuckerberg wants business to ‘man up’, but what it really needs is more women entrepreneurs
Women entrepreneurs can have a big impact on a country’s productivity. So why aren’t more entering business – and what can we ...
After he reached the Super Bowl, Colin Kaepernick’s racial justice protests helped expose US views toward sports activism
For some Americans, athletes can and should be role models, according to a study. For others, athletes should only express ...
‘Serious concerns’: national assessment reveals rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted
A new study of water quality in Australian rivers reveals surprising changes since the turn of the century: good for the ...
Why personal climate action matters – according to experts
“Fortunately, in new research we found that using 60% less energy than today, decent living standards could be provided to a ...
Trump’s reversal of climate policies risks undermining U.S. manufacturing — and could cost people jobs
Trump’s own actions may undermine his vision of an American manufacturing renaissance by cutting crucial investments.
Elections mean more misinformation. Here’s what we know about how it spreads in migrant communities
Migrants, especially those who speak English as a second language, are disproportionately targeted by mis- and disinformation ...
Limerence: why some people experience intense infatuation that feels like love, and how it affects them
Limerence is an intense, involuntary infatuation that can feel like love, but with obsessive thoughts and emotional highs and ...
England plans to make academies follow the national curriculum – but it’s been getting more prescriptive for years
The government should publish a recommended curriculum that, crucially, schools are not bound in law to follow.
Belarus election: how ‘Europe’s last dictator’ held onto power as his opponents were jailed or exiled
The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...