U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, at a prayer during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseths affiliation with the...
At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long history of dark behavior
Is this visitor to Antarctica going crazy or having a good time? Tim Bieber/Photodisc via Getty Images As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica the longest and darkest day of the year those spending the winter on the...
How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
Evidence suggests that insurance companies use AI to delay or limit health care that patients need. FatCameraE+ via Getty Images Over the past decade, health insurance companies have increasingly embraced the use of...

Who represents Britain on screen? UK film and TV culture still has a worrying class problem
The British media has a class problem, according to recent research by The Sutton Trust. In short, the privately educated are over-represented in the creative industries, especially in film and television. The trusts...
Photo Agency/Shutterstock Following a sharp drop in Teslas share price, outlets reported that the worlds richest person, Elon Musk, had lost US$34 billion (25 billion) in a single day. That figure exceeds the annual GDP of...
Why taking a cold shower on a hot day might be a bad idea
A cold shower might not be the best strategy to cool down. Ollyy/ Shutterstock When the weather warms up, many of us use a nice cold shower to help us cool down. But while this might feel like relief, it might actually not...
What the new grooming gangs inquiry must do to put victims before politics
Kemi Badenoch, Conservative party leader, responds to Home Secretary Yvette Coopers statement announcing the new inquiry. House of Commons/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse was the largest...