Government
What Fernando Botero’s exaggerated figures reveal about sex, power and violence
Opera Gallery London’s latest show is the first solo exhibition of the work of the Colombian artist Fernando Botero (1932-2023) in the city since 2015.
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- Government
Four ways cities can help protect democratic values
When people think about democracy, they tend to think about national elections, parliaments or the policies of national governments.
- Government
How we mark our ballot paper can affect how we feel about voting. Here’s why
Have you ever left a polling station feeling that your mark on the ballot paper didn’t quite say what you wanted it to? Perhaps you liked two candidates but had to drop one, or backed the one who might actually win over the one you preferre…
- Health
How long until wearable brain-computer interfaces become mainstream?
Devices that link human minds to computers are progressing rapidly. Already, these brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are allowing patients with severe paralysis to communicate, use digital devices or control smart homes with their brains.
- Business
From elite spies to ‘gig-economy’ operatives: the changing face of Russian sabotage
Russian hostile activity costs the UK at least £2 billion annually, according to a recent report by Scottish MP Graeme Downie, who has called on the government to measure what these actions cost Britain.
- Technology
Autumn wreaths and ‘doorscaping’: why we need more life in our front gardens
There was a time when decorative wreaths appeared on front doors in December, stayed on front doors for a few weeks, and then disappeared.
- Government
More young people are being recruited as ‘money mules’ by organised crime groups, new analysis reveals
More than 8,900 people aged under 30 were arrested for money laundering offences in England and Wales between 2020 and 2025. That’s more than six in ten of all money laundering arrests recorded during the period.
GovernmentHow Argentina’s Javier Milei hopes to exploit a dispute over Falklands oil in next year’s election
Argentina is trying to stop a planned oil project near the Falkland Islands. On October 13, the government asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (Itlos), a court in Hamburg that deals with disputes over the sea, to halt t…
- Technology
The new battleground: the UK’s disinformation centre faces threats on multiple fronts
Prime Minister Andy Burnham recently announced the creation of a National Centre for Information Defence that will disrupt disinformation campaigns by states hostile to the UK.
- Community
Celebrity Traitors: neuroscientist on whether you can really make someone yawn by faking it
In the BBC reality show The Celebrity Traitors, the Traitors – James Acaster, Maya Jama and King Kenny – were set an unusual challenge: murder a Faithful by making them yawn.
- Environment
Hot and cold climate extremes push UK’s energy system to its limits, new report reveals
The arrival of cooler weather following a summer of heatwaves, is a timely reminder that the UK electricity system must be resilient to the effects of temperature extremes at both ends of the thermometer.
- Health
COVID inquiry: four ways to improve support for people with intellectual disabilities
> Anxiety. I always feel like I’m on edge. COVID, cost of living crisis, finances, current living arrangement. The majority don’t seem to care about COVID anymore and you can’t just ignore it, people are still dying from it.