Health
Napoleon can be partly blamed for Gen Z’s weightlifting obsession – here’s why
More than one quarter of young adults in Britain now say their gym memberships matter more to them than holidays or eating out.
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TechnologyA critical flaw affecting 70% of all websites has the cybersecurity world panicked
Details have been published of a critical flaw in the programming language PHP, which is the backbone of more than 70% of all websites.
- Government
Palestinian citizens face a painful choice in Israel’s election: To vote or not
Elections are typically framed as a choice for voters. For Palestinian citizens of Israel, however, the country’s national ballots pose more of a dilemma.
- Government
How a US political venture capital firm is trying to influence Brazil’s election
In the first round of Brazil’s elections on Oct. 4, 2026, Flávio Bolsonaro, of the right wing Liberal Party (PL), came in first with 47.03% of the valid votes, compared to 45.16% for the current leftist president and Workers’ Party (PT) can…
- Government
As French protests escalate into riots, they may prove a gift for Marine Le Pen’s right-wing party
Mass protests in France have spiralled into riots, with between 500,000 and 800,000 demonstrators in cities and towns across the country, most of them students.
- Technology
Video game film adaptations used to be huge flops. Now studios can’t get enough
In the early 1990s, when the home video game market was still in its infancy, Hollywood attempted to leverage the appeal of this emerging entertainment for feature length films.
- Business
Alberta and Québec referendums test Canadian unity amid hostility from the U.S.
People in the Canadian province of Alberta are voting on whether to stay in Canada or begin a process for a second, binding referendum on independence. By 2030, those in Québec could face a similar choice.
- Government
Can India’s cockroach movement reverse its democratic decline?
More than 25,000 police officers were deployed across New Delhi recently to prevent demonstrations led by India’s new youth-led political movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).
- Health
The mafia isn’t keeping fentanyl out of Europe – the lack of demand is
Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are still the single biggest driver of overdose deaths in the US. They were involved in around 38,000 of the roughly 70,000 deaths recorded in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preve…
- Health
Prime’s Carrie miniseries expands Stephen King’s story – but weakens its central horror
Warning: this article contains spoilers for those not familiar with the plot of Stephen King’s Carrie.
- Science
Japan’s MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars’ moon Phobos
A Japanese space mission is about to launch towards Mars. But it will not land on the planet itself. Instead, the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission will focus on Phobos, the bigger of Mars’s two small moons.
- Health
Replacing just 10% of ultra-processed foods with whole foods linked to drop in bowel cancer rate
Replacing 10% of your intake of ultra-processed foods with minimally processed foods is linked with 2% lower incidence of bowel cancer, according to our new analysis of data from more than 460,000 US adults.