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‘The only thing you need is your own mind’: how to start meditating
Read about the different techniques of meditation and their benefits.
‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients
Explore the benefits that wellbeing gardens bring to patients and staff in hospitals in the UK.
Australian women are doing 50% more housework than men. It’s creating ‘volcanic levels of resentment’
Read about how women in Australia do the majority of unpaid domestic work and the possible ways to address the problem.
Who is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts?
Read about why working-class representation in the arts is important.
What can we learn from the clothes we buy but never wear?
Read about insights into why we buy certain clothes but don’t wear them and what to do about it.
Are noise-cancelling headphones impairing our hearing skills? Some audiologists are beginning to worry
Explore the possible effects of overusing noise-cancelling headphones and whether they can cause hearing problems.
In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Read about how experts have spent two decades trying to understand the bird population decline in the Amazon.
‘Dear, did you say pastry?’: meet the ‘AI granny’ driving scammers up the wall
Read about how an AI bot impersonating a grandma has successfully stopped scammers.
The big idea: can what you eat change your mind?
Explore the relationship between gut health and general and mental well-being.
They say a name like mine can hold you back in life, but I will never change it
What is the impact of having an unusual name on person’s employment prospects?
One Hundred Years of Solitude review – Gabriel García Márquez’s classic makes for startling TV beauty
Revisit Gabriel García Márquez’s classic magical realism novel which has been adapted into a TV series.
‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property
Read about the suburb of Oosterwold, a creative urban agriculture project in the Netherlands.
Milan’s Via Monte Napoleone becomes world’s most expensive shopping street
Explore why Via Monte Napoleone has grown to become the most expensive shopping street in the world.
Australia is connected to the world by cables no thicker than a garden hose – and at risk from sharks, accidents and sabotage
Explore how much the internet in Australia relies on underwater cables and how vulnerable they are.
Some people with ADHD succeed in periods of stress, new study shows
Read about how people with ADHD perform best under stress.
The bitter future of chocolate? How drought and a youth exodus threaten Mexico’s prized cocoa
Read about the problems facing the cocoa industry in Mexico.
A new start after 60: one bite of chocolate led me to reinvent myself at 62
Is it possible to start a business at age 62 and become successful?
Exercise in a pill: have scientists really found a drug that’s as good for you as a 10km run?
Read about a new drug that mimics the effects of exercise and explore its advantages and limitations.
After a terrible cup of joe in the office, a founder decided to bring African coffee traditions stateside
Explore Margaret Nyamumbo’s unique coffee startup company that prioritizes small producers and premium beans.
Hard-hitting warning labels should be on everyday food, say campaigners
Read about a proposal to put warning labels on food products.
High tech, high yields? The Kenyan farmers deploying AI to increase productivity
Farmers in Kenya are using artificial intelligence to get advice to help them improve their crops.
Until social-media giants take responsibility for the harm they cause, I support Australia’s age ban
Read about an author’s rationale for supporting Australia’s social-media age ban.
‘A shell of the place it used to be’: the importance of libraries – and their fragile future
Are libraries in danger of becoming extinct?
‘It made him an A-lister’: John Ford’s breakthrough film The Iron Horse at 100
Read about the film career of film director John Ford on the centenary of his silent classic, The Iron Horse.
Want to feel like a teenager again? Just dig out the books you were forced to read at school
Experience the books you read at school from a new, more experienced perspective.
Summer sun in Finland? Åland isles try to attract tourists to cooler climate
Is Finland the best-kept secret of summer holiday spots?
Why scientific support for alcohol’s health benefits is fading
Are there real benefits to having a glass of wine with dinner?
‘How many aura points did I lose?’ The new coolness currency has hints of Aristotle
Are you up-to-date with the latest Gen Z slang?
I’m constantly told to worry about my child’s screen time – but I’m more concerned about my own
Should adults be more worried about their screen times than their children’s?
Across Turkey by train: riding the Mesopotamia Express
Go on a journey on one of the new tourist trains linking the Turkish capital with the country’s east.
2,000 children die every day from air pollution, report finds
Should governments look deeper into the effects of air pollution on children?
How coconuts are starting to fuel parts of Papua New Guinea
Can coconuts be the key to a new way of powering our vehicles?
No grassroots but lots of scaffold: a peek inside New York’s cricket scene
Can one of the most popular sports in the world find its way into the American sports landscape?
Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness?
What are the potential pros and cons of using AI for companionship?
Austria lowered the voting age for young people like me, and transformed politics. The UK should do the same
How old should people be to be able to vote and decide on the political future of their countries?
I’ve eaten pizza every day for six years
Is there a food or meal you could eat every day without getting tired of it?
When it was game over, it was difficult to accept’: Robert Pires on finding life after football
How do professional footballers cope with retirement and life after football?
Dead satellites are filling space with trash. That could affect Earth’s magnetic field
Do you know what happens to satellites when they stop working?
Noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European: Nigeria welcomes a museum like no other
Read about a new museum in Lagos, Nigeria, which features Yoruba art, music, culture and history.
A ‘heathenish liquor’? A cure for cancer? The history of coffee is full of surprises
Explore the fascinating history of this beloved beverage over the years.