The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.

The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers. Such comments from Chomsky, or attributed to him, suggest his association with Epstein – who officials concluded killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges – went deeper than the occasional political and academic discussions the former had previously claimed to have with the latter. Continue reading...

For over 30 years, Fellows from the Designer Bookbinders society have created unique hand-bound editions of each title on the Booker shortlist. Here, this year’s designers unveil their beautiful, bespoke books

The Israeli military has conducted an air strike on southern Beirut, the first since early June, targeting Hezbollah’s second most senior figure.

Despite outcry over earlier attack, Trump doubles down and calls for rivals who issued message to military to be jailed.

Feeling thankful is increasingly touted as a cure-all, but sometimes there are reasons not to be grateful

The 1940 painting of Kahlo asleep in bed has surpassed the record set by the $44.4m sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 2014

Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back.

Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?

By understanding why people commit crimes that damage the environment, we can better hold environmental criminals accountable.

Criminal psychologist Dr. Julia Shaw's new book, "Green Crime," is a page-turning exposé of why some people wantonly commit serious environmental crimes, and how to stop them.

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In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Omar El Akkad retweeted a video taken by a Gazan man. This video showed a lifeless moonscape with endless empty streets...

After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign

The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.

By understanding why people commit crimes that damage the environment, we can better hold environmental criminals accountable.

Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?