Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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01/28/2022
The simple numbers every government should use to fight anti-vaccine misinformation
Here is a relatively simple way of giving people important context about the number of deaths and ICU hospitalizations with Covid between vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
01/28/2022
US judge blocks sale of Gulf of Mexico drilling leases over climate concerns
Federal judge rules that Biden administration did not properly consider the leases’ impact upon the climate crisis
01/27/2022
No, America is not on the brink of a civil war
According to a number of polls and surveys, significant majorities of Republican-aligned voters seem to believe the big lie that Trump was the rightful winner of the 2020 US presidential election and, consequently, the Biden administration is illegitimate.
01/17/2022
The big idea: could fixing housing fix everything else, too?
From inequality to pollution, Britain’s housing crisis sits at the root of a surprising range of problems.
01/26/2022
Ghostly monkey and slug snake among 224 new species found in Mekong region
A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes is among 224 new species listed in the World Wildlife Fund’s latest update on the greater Mekong region.
01/21/2022
Chile’s president-elect names progressive, majority-women cabinet
Chile’s millennial president-elect, Gabriel Boric, has named a progressive cabinet, with a ministerial team which for the first time anywhere in the Americas is dominated by women.
01/20/2022
Nepal hospital trials ‘life-changing’ treatment for leprosy wounds
Technique using artificial scabs made from a patient’s own blood could also help those with diabetes, say doctors.
01/20/2022
‘For the first time, I felt free’: Pakistan’s women-led livestock market
In rural provinces, women have always reared animals but are excluded from selling them. A new market is changing attitudes
01/16/2022
Archaeology’s sexual revolution
Graves dating back thousands of years are giving up their secrets, as new ways to pin down the sex of old bones are overturning long-held, biased beliefs about gender and love
01/13/2022
‘A banana, concrete – those are good gifts’: the recycling group turning strangers into friends
There are 7,000 Buy Nothing groups with more than 5 million members worldwide. But their appeal goes beyond the chance to swap everything from nettles to power tools.
01/12/2022
Driving change: the all-female garage shifting attitudes in northern Nigeria
The NGO Nana is upending gender norms in conservative Sokoto state, where one in 20 girls finish secondary school.
01/17/2022