Science
The upside of untidiness: why a little mess can be good for your home
If we’re to follow the philosophy of organiser extraordinaire Marie Kondo, a tidy home is a better home.
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- Government
Israeli election: why nobody has been talking about Palestinian statehood
As Israelis head to the polls on October 27 one major issue that has not received serious attention during the campaign is Israel’s flat rejection of Palestinian statehood.
- Education
‘We changed the system’: how Serbian students ended Alexander Vučić’s 12 years in power
Serbia’s student-led political movement has secured a historic election victory. Preliminary results suggest the so-called Student List has won 141 of the 250 seats in parliament, with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party taking 104.
- Government
Lula wins a ‘miracle’ election in Brazil. Now comes the hard part: putting the country back on the right track
Three weeks ago, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s political obituaries had all been written.
- Science
Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution
In September 2018, China Daily ran a story that found its way to my desk. It featured the photograph of a beautifully preserved fossil skull with huge brow-ridges, with a caption speculating – wrongly, as it would turn out – that it belonge…
- Culture
The Crucible: Arthur Miller’s morality tale was as much a reaction to his own marital failings as it was to the ‘red scare’
Written at the height of the cold war “red scare”, Arthur Miller’s 1952 play The Crucible was a retelling of the 17th-century Salem witch trials (1692-93) which soon became the classic parable of mass hysteria.
- Government
How Lula turned four lessons from the presidential elections in Colombia into a comeback in Brazil’s Sunday runoff
On the night of last 4 October, Brazil’s left woke up to the scenario it had discredited for months. Far right senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished the first round in the country’s presidential election roughly two million votes ahead of Presi…
- Government
Brazil’s election puts at risk country’s role as a bulwark against Trump interventionism in the Americas
On Oct. 25, Brazilians will return to the polls for the second round of the presidential election. The results will matter not only for the future of country itself, but also for the region and the world.
- Culture
How K-dramas use Africa as a backdrop to boost South Korea’s image
The success of South Korean popular music or K-pop continues to power the Hallyu Wave, a term that describes the global obsession with the country’s pop culture production.
- Science
America’s death penalty: why executions are rising again
After two decades of decline, the number of executions in the United States began rising sharply again in 2025. Last year, 47 people were put to death – the highest number in more than 15 years.
- Government
Youth protests across Europe: the overlapping crises facing Gen Z
Young people are facing a future that feels increasingly uncertain. Although every generation experiences turbulence while navigating adolescence, the pressures experienced by Gen Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – are different and see…
- Culture
Hokusai’s Great Wave is one of 46 prints of Mount Fuji – seeing them together changes everything
When I first saw Katsushika Hokusai’s Clear Day with a Southern Breeze (also known as Red Fuji, 1830-1833), I was struck by its lustrous red resonating against the receding blue of the sky.