Our 2026 listening goals: critics explore music they've never enjoyed, from Radiohead to Kendrick Lamar.
I used to think of Joni Mitchell as an acquired taste. I first heard her in 1997, when her voice…
How to talk about dating like Gen Z: 51 terms for love, sex, and bad behavior
This year marks a decade since the term “ghosting” entered the mainstream. Back then, the idea that someone could suddenly…
Finnish authorities have detained a ship suspected of damaging a subsea telecommunications cable.
Finnish police have seized a ship suspected of damaging an underwater telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn. The vessel is…
Cyprus has pledged a fresh approach as it takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union.
Cyprus says it will bring “a new approach to the table” when it assumes the EU presidency on Thursday, with…
Alaa Abd el-Fattah's tweets were wrong, but he is not an "anti-white Islamist." So why does the British right want you to think he is?
What is the appropriate punishment for hateful social media posts? Should someone lose their account, their job, their citizenship, go…
France will ban social media access for children under 15 starting in September 2026.
France plans to ban social media for children under 15 starting in September 2026, following Australia’s recent move to block…
The man taking charge of the Large Hadron Collider is doing so only to shut it down.
Mark Thomson, a professor of experimental particle physics at the University of Cambridge, has secured one of the most sought-after…
Elon Musk's 2025: How the world's richest person became its most unpredictable force.
The year 2025 was a whirlwind for Elon Musk. The tech titan started the year meeting with Donald Trump in…
'They haven't brought anything back from extinction': can Colossal's genetically engineered animals ever truly be the real thing?
Death and taxes are often considered the only certainties in life. But in 2025, American entrepreneur Ben Lamm convinced much…
'It's not a hen party nightmare': Dublin's Temple Bar works to improve its image.
In the 1990s, Ireland redeveloped a large area of central Dublin with the aim of creating a cultural quarter similar…