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The British prime minister is fond of a common form of political rhetoric especially loved by the Romans: the promise of a ‘new age’.
Literature of the past can help us to make the cultural shift that’s necessary to address climate change.
Whether you like or hate them, the way transport operates in cities needs to change.
How two ambitious men put their own interests ahead of the great writer and his family in an act of institutionally-sanctioned bodysnatching.
Our climate is changing – and so must architecture.
Dinosaurs are malleable beasts: so much so that their constant reshaping has often been driven by cultural and political trends.
Although China’s tree-planting efforts have increased carbon sequestration for climate mitigation and protected the soil from erosion, they have also led to drastic water shortages.
New research has identified the main triggers of this psychological phenomenon, the contexts in which it happens and the types of fears involved in it.
Psychedelic drugs are creating waves as evidence mounts of their therapeutic potential. New research also suggests they might mitigate the climate crisis by unlocking a lost connection to nature.
We need to tackle individualism to tackle climate change.
The ecological costs of huge, repetitive, high-severity wildfires on ecosystems could be colossal.
Ireland’s new abortion law is a progressive one. But the resulting abortion service erects serious barriers for some people seeking abortions in Ireland.
I know first-hand the need for a rehabilitative rather than punitive system.
Scores of jobs could be affected by the fourth industrial revolution – and not enough is being done to guard against this.
Those who are leaving the platform represent a small, but by no means insignificant, counter current to the norm.
Charlie Hebdo’s often biting and dark humour frequently troubles people in France, and many reactions to the attack in France were not in keeping with the values of the publication.
Pineapple and celery were the precursors of today’s obsession with kale and avocado toast.
A religion of conspicuous consumption has replaced Christianity at the centre of Christmas – and it’s big business which will be most pleased of all.
Saving seed is a way of protecting the world’s vegetable varieties, saving money, and increasingly, a political statement too.
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