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What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability
In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself
Collectively, we spend only 45 minutes daily on the activities that produce the most pollution
Why do we feel stuck in our efforts to solve the great sustainability crises of...
How collective memories fuel conflicts
When a group of youths attacked shops and buildings in Tallinn, Estonia, on the...
Sleepless cities: how urban noise and light keep us up at night
Living in cities that never sleep has its price: inhabitants are getting less, worse...
Have we reached the end of nature? Our relationship with the environment is in crisis
Recently, I encountered the thought-provoking expression “God is dead, Marx is dead...
A Palestinian author’s award ceremony has been cancelled at Frankfurt Book Fair. This sends the wrong signals at the wrong time
A ceremony scheduled for the Frankfurt Book Fair, at which a Palestinian author,...
Billions of birds collide with glass buildings – but architecture has solutions
At least 1,000 birds were killed in one day in early October, when they collided...
How Hamas weaponised Palestinians’ despair
The scale of Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 and 8 October is unprecedented and the...
Israel-Gaza conflict: when social media fakes are rampant, news verification is vital
As news of Palestinian militant group Hamas launching a deadly attack on Israel...
How drone submarines are turning the seabed into a future battlefield
A 12-tonne fishing boat weighs anchor three kilometres off the port of Adelaide
The case for continuing to write by hand
At the beginning of 1882, the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche received a machine...
Jon Fosse: Nobel prize in literature winner is a playwright who puts outsiders centre stage
When Jon Fosse receives this year’s Nobel prize in literature in December, it will...
Sidelined no longer, Claudia Goldin wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for examining why gender pay gaps persist
In an astonishing act of timing, Harvard University’s Professor Claudia Goldin published...
A short history of insomnia and how we became obsessed with sleep
French author Marie Darrieussecq writes in her 2023 memoir Sleepless: The world...
The dawn of domestic robots could dramatically cut gender inequality when it comes to household work
Domestic work is vital for society to function. Meals need to be cooked, clothes...
Hangzhou Asian Games fosters green lifestyles, contributes to carbon reduction
The 19th Asian Games is in full swing in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province