Month: August 2025

Love in the age of WhatsApp – a philosopher explains how technology reduces the power of a relationship

The fact that we are human sets limits to the kinds of love that can work well.

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​The contagion scale: which diseases spread fastest?

The diseases that spread like wildfire. And those that don’t.

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The Victorian sportswomen who had to fight misogynistic abuse, just like the Lionesses

Victorian women were supposed to be demure, uncompetitive creatures – but that didn’t stop many from playing and enjoying sport.

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Enjoyed together, Red Dwarf and Jane Austen offer a lesson in immersive world building

Like the confines of a mining ship in deep space, the plot of an Austen novel is less small than it is dense and claustrophobic.

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Technology could open up new ways to track prisoners

The idea of implaning microchips under offenders’ skin raising serious questions.

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Young carers face higher risks of depression, anxiety and lost futures – and most receive no support

Young carers are less likely to finish school, get a job, or stay well.

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Why the US is letting China win on energy innovation

China is roaring forward in the race to be the world’s clean energy powerhouse.

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What will it take for China to arrest its declining birth rate?

China’s government steps in to address dwindling birth rates, following years of leaving the issue to local authorities.

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