19+ hour, 45+ min ago   (811+ words) Across Africa, people are restoring and managing mangroves, grazing lands and urban green areas in the face of increasing threats from climate change. Increasingly they make decisions based on climate-related information supplied by governments, funders and researchers. But are they…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (573+ words) Despite their name, Tasmanian devils could be found across mainland Australia thousands of years ago....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (540+ words) Anxiety about automation dates back hundreds of years....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (785+ words) Around 10% of the UK economy operates off the books. That means billions of pounds worth of cash-in-hand payments that never get taxed. But all of that cash isn’t necessarily being handled by career criminals. Much of it is being earned…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (846+ words) Women have made big strides in terms of being represented on corporate boards, both in terms of numbers and the prestige of their positions. But this prestige — and the greater visibility it brings — isn’t necessarily helping women advance. It might…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (675+ words) Portugal, Spain and France have spent another summer confronting severe wildfires. But in Portugal, the story began months before the flames. February 2026 was the country’s wettest February in 47 years. Across much of mainland Portugal, rainfall reached three to four times…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (945+ words) Across Australia, thousands of people are waiting to find out if their homes will be built, after several separate construction company collapses. By far the biggest of those recent collapses has been the Bathla Group, a Sydney developer that’s been…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (817+ words) The fact this story was recounted to us while researching this topic illustrates the rise of a cultural trend that surprisingly few academics have explored. But drunk shopping is a rapidly growing consumption phenomenon. Intoxicated consumers generate billions of dollars…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (812+ words) The Canadian capital of Ottawa was bombarded with 167 millimetres of rain in five hours earlier this summer in what the city called a one-in-200-year event. Close to 5,800 basement-flooding reports followed, and the worst of it hit the city’s west…...