Month: June 2025

Inside the chimpanzee medicine cabinet: we’ve found a new way chimps treat wounds with plants

The plants chimpanzees use to treat their wounds have been found to have medicinal properties.

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Where should governments spend your money? The impossible maths of political and moral decisions

Behind every hospital and railway is a cost-benefit calculation.

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The Last of Us: season two forgets what made its video game unforgettable

What works over a weekend of play may falter over week-by-week seasons of television, experienced years apart.

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Hidden gems of LGBTQ+ cinema: Saving Face is a complicated romcom that tenderly depicts the experiences of queer Asians

A woman’s desire and cultural expectation clash in this heartwarming romantic comedy.

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How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam

Cretian raisin wine was incredibly popular with Romans but the real deal takes a long time to make.

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South Korea is finally reckoning with its decades-long foreign adoption scandal

In the wake of the Korean War, hundreds of thousands of children were sent abroad.

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A traffic-light system for dogwalkers could protect breeding birds, seal pups and other wildlife

Our proposed system of coloured pawprints would provide consistent countryside guidelines for dog walkers.

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Appendix cancer rising among younger generation – new study

The puzzling rise of this rare cancer in young adults.

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British dads are going ‘on strike’ for better parental leave

Many fathers think neither the UK government nor employers view their participation in childcare as important.

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PKK’s decision to disband shows the benefit of engaging in politics rather than an armed struggle

PKK’s decision to disarm and disband can provide lessons for other countries facing insurgencies.

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