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Why did Silicon Valley Bank collapse and what’s the impact? A finance expert explains
SVB, as it� s known, was the biggest US lender to fail since the 2008 global financial crisis – and the second-biggest ever. → Read More
Why people with dementia don’t all behave the same
There are different types of dementia, characterised by different patterns of symptoms. → Read More
Why green spaces and walkable neighbourhoods can help fight dementia
The design of the built environment can have a profound impact on how a person with dementia perceives, experiences and engages with the places and spaces in which they live. → Read More
Salman Rushdie explores the Vijayanagar empire in Victory City
Victory City also marks a return of sorts for Rushdie, who has not set a novel substantially on the Indian subcontinent for over a decade. → Read More
Explained: The science behind Turkey earthquake that killed at least 4000 people
While southeast Turkey has many earthquakes every year caused by the ongoing motion of the tectonic plates, the recent one was particularly devastating and left over 4000 people dead. → Read More
How Artificial Intelligence will impact the future of work
Could the rise of advanced AI tools mean the end of some creative and knowledge jobs? Here's what the experts had to say. → Read More
Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal
This decline in numbers will spur a trend that already concerns demographers in China: a rapidly aging society. By 2040, around a quarter of the Chinese population is predicted to be over the age of 65. → Read More
Jacinda Ardern's resignation: gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership
While she has not focused on this as a reason for her decision to resign, being targeted in this way, and knowing her partner and even her child were also targeted, must surely have made an already difficult job so much more challenging. → Read More
What Prince Harry’s memoir Spare tells us about ‘complicated grief’
On face value, Prince Harry may share typical symptoms of people suffering � complicated grief� . But not everyone agrees with how he � shows� his grief so publicly. → Read More
Remembering Pele, who put passion at the heart of football
Long before the feats of modern-day stars Cristiano Ronaldo or Erling Haaland, Pel blazed a goal-scoring trail that marked him out as being significantly different to other players around him. → Read More
FIFA World Cup 2022: A tournament of surprises and controversy
The 2022 FIFA World Cup reminds us that sport is complex and tense � both on and off the field. → Read More
Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologist
How is it possible to spend so much time with your parents and grandparents and not really know them? This question has puzzled me as an anthropologist. → Read More
Why FIFA's clampdown on 'OneLove' armbands is contradictory to its guidelines
The England and Wales captains were set to defy Fifa by wearing � OneLove� armbands during the tournament. But it was said that players found to be wearing the rainbow armbands could face on-the-pitch sanctions. → Read More
Passionate about your job? Here’s why that might not be good for you
A new study shows how personality type might lead to different types of 'job passion,' with some not being entirely positive. → Read More
Liz Truss resignation: Here are 5 causes of her downfall
As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time as prime minister will have been only as long as the leadership campaign that got her there. When Boris Johnson walked away from No.10 there was a sense in the United Kingdom that the time had come for stability, competence and the benefits of… → Read More
Climate Crisis: 200 nations set to tackle climate change at COP27 in Egypt
COP meetings focus international attention on the climate crisis and responses to it. → Read More
Three scientists awarded Nobel Prize: Here's what their findings were about
Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for � for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science� . → Read More
The Queen passes away: The end of the ‘new Elizabethan age’
Looking back on Elizabeth II� s life raises key questions about not just how the monarchy has changed, but also how Britain itself has transformed throughout the twentieth and twenty-first century. → Read More
Why Salman Rushdie's ‘The Satanic Verses’ is considered controversial
Author Salman Rushdie is in hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed by a man at an arts festival in New York state. What was – and still is – behind this outrage over his book 'The Satanic Verses'? → Read More
Pope Francis says he may need to retire — how this could affect future of the papacy
Whether or not Pope Francis resigns, it raises important questions about the future of the papacy in the face of medical advances and the changing realities of ageing. → Read More