Water wars: a historic agreement between Mexico and US is ramping up border tension
Reducing rainfall and droughts are causing problems between the US and Mexico because of a historic agreement to deliver water between them.
After 160 years of Welsh settlement in Patagonia, Indigenous voices are finally being heard
The story of Welsh Patagonia is not quite the tale of settler and indigenous harmony that has always been told.
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
A local void could settle contradicting measurements about how fast the universe is expanding.
‘Then the city started to burn, the fires were chasing me’ – 80 years on, Hiroshima survivors describe how the atomic blast echoed down generations
In August 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ever since, survivors have struggled with discrimination as well as illness.
A big night for women’s football – what you should watch, see and read this week
The Lionesses are defending their title, new thoughts on art and clothing and exhibitions on the sea and the Edwardians.
Could the copper in your diet help prevent memory loss, as new study suggests?
New study links dietary copper to sharper thinking in later life. But the story is nuanced.
Nipple-covered sea creatures and aquariums filled with tears – Sea Inside’s alternative perspective on oceans in crisis
The artworks in Sea Inside offer ways of engaging with the existential threats facing our oceans that are emotive, imaginative and often very funny.
Online Safety Act: what are the new measures to protect children on social media?
The Online Safety Act intends to put greater responsibility on platforms and content creators themselves for children’s safety.
Always on, always tired, sometimes rude – how to avoid the ‘triple-peak trap’ of modern work
When boundaries around working hours grow increasingly blurred, this can lead to terse online exchanges that sap recipients’ wellbeing.
What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided?
The recent Cranston Inquiry has shed light on the rescue operation that failed to prevent the deaths of at least 30 people in the Channel.