Month: May 2025

Did humans evolve to prefer religion? Research shows many atheists intuitively favour faith

Research highlights Atheists often believe religious faith is positive, even though they don’t hold it themselves.

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The psychology of climate traps and how to avoid them

Climate shocks trigger emotional distress, which limits long-term thinking and can lead to environmentally harmful choices.

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Why is it so hard for young people to get jobs?

The old promise that hard work will lead to a good job and a fair wage no longer seems to apply.

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Small Boat: this slim, devastating novel about a real migrant shipwreck reminds us of the cruelty of indifference

The International Booker Prize nominee follows a French coastguard operator haunted by the deaths she did not prevent.

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Universities face getting stuck with thousands of obsolete robots – here’s how to avoid a research calamity

The future of university robotics research is on the line with the potential collapse of the maker of the popular Pepper and Nao machines.

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Starmer says migrants should speak English – but all of the UK’s languages are important for integration

As the UK government doubles down on English as the sole route to integration, it shouldn’t mean leaving other languages behind.

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For long-tailed tits, it really does take a village

The evolutionary reason so many birds help raise other parents’ chicks.

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English schools to increase mental health support – why they need to get children involved in designing it

A whole school approach puts mental health and wellbeing at the heart of a school community.

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