An Israeli-made documentary examining the war in Gaza and allegations of systematic civilian killings has won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, after receiving a record-breaking standing ovation at its premiere.
NAZA, directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, was awarded the prize at the...
You finish a lecture, a meeting, a conversation with someone you care about. And what do you do? You reach for your phone. You stick in your earbuds. You fire up a podcast, a playlist or whatever algorithmic feed is currently consuming your life.
It feels productive. It feels like...
Fifty-three years ago, convicted criminal Jan-Erik Olsson walked into a bank on Norrmalmstorg, a square in central Stockholm, pulled a submachine gun from under his jacket and fired at the ceiling. Concrete and glass rained down. “The party has just begun!” he shouted in a fake American accent, before...
BRIGHTON, 24 August 2026- Nick Staunton
Brighton & Hove Albion produced one of the standout performances of the Premier League’s opening weekend with an emphatic 4–0 victory over Aston Villa at the Amex Stadium, leaving Unai Emery with an immediate rebuilding problem at the start of the new campaign.
The damage...
UPDATED-AUGUST 2026
Magic mushrooms are better known for producing hallucinations and altering people's sense of reality than for treating brain diseases. Most people associate them with tripping, rather than Alzheimer's disease.
But a report on an individual patient has prompted scientists to ask whether psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms,...
Updated July 2026
BRIGHTON 23rd May-Some of the most powerful interventions to slow or improve frailty are also the most ordinary: regular movement, adequate nutrition and meaningful social connection.
It almost sounds too simple for a condition now recognised as one of the strongest predictors of hospitalisation, disability, poor recovery from...
Written by Erin Beeston, Research Associate Autism@Manchester, University of Manchester
When Pixar introduced Toy Story audiences to Bonnie, she was simply the little girl who inherited Woody, Buzz and the gang from Andy at the end of Toy Story 3 (2010). But for many autistic families, Bonnie has become something...
Li Zhang, University of Leeds
Wifi on the go is often unreliable – on buses, trains and, increasingly, planes. Whether via cellular or satellite systems, connectivity at speed suffers from highly variable signal coverage and strength. This leads to delays, degraded data speeds and service interruptions.
To address these issues, the...
Sweltering temperatures are shattering records across Europe, as the continent battles a deadly heatwave.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, France endured its hottest days in history, with western regions reaching highs of between 39°C and 43°C. Wednesday was the United Kingdom's warmest June day on record, with the mercury climbing to...
Andrew Norfolk ran into a fire that police, councils and politicians had spent years trying to extinguish quietly. This is the real story of who told the truth, who hid it, and why fear of being called racist became more important than protecting children.
The Reporter Who Wouldn't Stop
In January...
