This Tuesday report will provide some insights into life for a westerner (me) who is working for an extended period at Kyoto University in Japan but who over the years of working here has increasingly began to understand the language and local cultural traditions. Time is passing and the weather has now turned cold –…
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A look at some of the strange creatures, in celebration of World Jellyfish Day
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Employing this most excitable of punctuation marks changes how its writer is perceived
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The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
This lab is out of this world
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Which came first, the neck or the legs?
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“What do you call someone from Japan?” “Japanese.” “What do you call someone from England?”...
It’s the race that stops a Nation so why not get involved. Have a go as a former Prime Minister would say by running an office sweep. Many papers provide sweeps for you to cut up and use and we... Read More ›
The unfolding tragedy in Sudan reminds us in Gaza that wars, hunger, and destruction are not isolated events.
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The most concrete evidence of the tools this human ancestor used to doodle
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Since econometrics doesn’t content itself with only making optimal predictions, but also aspires to explain things in terms of causes and effects, econometricians need loads of assumptions — most important of these are additivity and linearity. Important, simply because if they are not true, your model is invalid and descriptively incorrect. It’s like calling your house a bicycle. No matter […]
Homeowners insurers are relying on artificial intelligence to raise your rates and boost their profits.
Weeks after the sex offender died, JPMorgan Chase reported over $1 billion of his potentially suspicious transactions, including some involving big-name investors.
The abortion pill is under attack, again
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The same psychological warfare tactics Moscow used to prepare the ground for its invasion of Ukraine are now being used against the rest of Europe, writes Zarina Zabrisky
Det kryllar inte av framgångsrika vänsterpolitiker just nu. Ett undantag är socialisten Zohran Mamdani, som står på tröskeln till att bli New Yorks nästa borgmästare den fjärde november. Hans Obama-lika karisma är svår att replikera men det finns andra saker den svenska vänstern kan ta intryck av. Var lyhörd inför väljarna Strax efter att Trump blev vald […]
There’s an urgent need to replace our total mess with a codified constitution. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd October 2025 After two years in Brazil, I felt I understood its political system better than I understand the UK’s. The reason is a short book in simple language that almost everyone owned: the […]
“Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.” —CNBC
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It is unconscionable for the government to let SNAP benefits lapse when emergency funds are available to cover the program. Yes, suspending benefits could teach a lesson to those undeserving food voucher recipients, 40 percent of whom are children, who have been living large on an average of six dollars a day in assistance for far too long. But it wouldn’t be worth the cruelty of denying the program to those vulnerable Americans who genuinely deserve it: corporations.
How do you feel when you try to check your messages, but they are not refreshing, and you realise that there is a problem with the app? Or when you check a website only to find strange server errors accompanied by numbers such as 500, 501, or 503? Now imagine that the same happens to […]
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
This feminist housing collective has endured for 75 years. Now, a new generation is moving in, bringing change – and men
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