How did ‘wire replacements’ ground planes across the entire US?

A nationwide ground stop following a technical failure is not unprecedented. In January 2023, a malfunction of the FAA’s ...

Was a kinder fate possible for Marineland’s animals? How the planning process failed them

How do we create better futures for animals who are kept locked up for our convenience? Consider Marineland, and how ...

Prostate cancer testing now urged for men in their 50s and 60s – a lead author of the new screening guidelines explains why

The American Cancer Society has found that the benefits of the PSA blood test outweigh its harms. Black men and those with a ...

Mourning Notcho: What one whale’s death teaches us about ecological grief

Public responses to the death of Notcho, a humpback whale struck by a BC ferry, reveal how people cope with ecological grief ...
Opinion

Married at First Sight UK cancelled: why meeting TV rules isn’t enough to protect reality show participants

Change happens when people are finally heard and believed. Yet this places enormous pressure on already traumatised people to articulate their experiences.

Mass protests that led to regime change had their heyday between 1980 and 2011: what happened?

Mass mobilisation has historically been seen as a viable path to democracy. Ferdinand Marcos left Manila in 1986 after weeks ...

Super El Niño could leave South Africa short of grazing. Timing of livestock fodder crops is crucial

Timing matters: planting fodder radish in the right months can help South African farmers grow more nutritious livestock feed ...

National ground stop response highlights critical errors in public reassurance – saying ‘nothing nefarious’ did the opposite of quelling public concern

A crisis communications expert looks at how the Trump administration handled the massive disruption to the nation’s air ...

A new Democratic Congress will view Trump’s harsh Cuba policy skeptically – but that doesn’t mean a change is coming soon

Cuba is unlikely to be a huge priority for incoming Democrats, and the Trump administration is unlikely to change its maximum ...

GPs are now ‘prescribing’ time in nature. Is it likely to improve your health?

The advice might be to spend 20 minutes a day noticing the natural world – whether that’s walking through a park, listening ...

Debate in New York City over city‑run groceries is not just about food, but something bigger

Many shoppers don’t realize how much of a role the government already plays in grocery markets, because it’s usually not ...

Republican gerrymandering worked pretty well in Texas and Florida, even if it backfired in North Carolina and Ohio

With massive Democratic majorities poised to enter the 120th Congress, did Republican attempts to gerrymander actually end up ...