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Facing disasters: lessons from a Bangladeshi island
The death toll of Bangladesh’s brutal monsoon season keeps growing. Authorities estimate that floodi...
How a humble cockroach rewrote the history of New Caledonia
Finding an insect species new to science can sometimes be very significant discovery. This is case f...
New Delhi is running out of water
As summer temperatures soar above 40°C in New Delhi, acute water shortages are gripping parts of Ind...
Will whoever controls gene editing control historical memory?
In July, Harvard scientists used a gene-editing technology first developed in 2013 to programme bact...
How our environment can induce allergies even before we’re born
Is this the worst Northern Hemisphere allergy season yet? For many people – both those who’ve suffer...
Rising sea temperatures will hit fisheries and communities in poor countries the hardest
Despite having some of the world’s smallest carbon footprints, small island developing states and th...
Now is the summer of our discontent: memes, national identity and the globalisation of rage
Memes may be all the rage in these heady days of digital trending, but they’re not a new thing. Ever...
India’s ‘instant divorce’ ban: the end result or the first step in reforming Islamic law?
“Un-Islamic, arbitrary, unconstitutional.” That was the judgement of the Indian Supreme Court as it...