World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise
A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15
Pluralistic: End-stage capitalism (04 Apr 2025)
Today's links End-stage capitalism: A transitional phase between feudalism and gangsterism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.
From burger wrappers to masks, bird nests tell story of throwaway culture
Nests on Amsterdam canals provide archive of plastic waste and show how the material ‘is really here to stay’One day in 1996, someone ate a McDonald’s McChicken burger in Amsterdam.Perhaps
Unfinished Copy of ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Leaks on Pirate Sites
More than a decade ago, Mojang Studios announced that it was working on a Minecraft movie together with Warner Bros. The film had been scheduled for a 2022 release, but
“Elephant skin” mycelium tiles keep buildings chilled – and look cool, too
Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but engineers have used this curious mix to create a new biomimicry-inspired tile,
Week in wildlife: a fish dinner and Galápagos wonders
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
Leading the charge: how a drive for electric vehicles is cleaning up Nepal
With air pollution causing a fifth of deaths in Nepal, growing EV use could add nearly three years to Kathmandu residents’ livesIn a rundown hangar in the heart of Kathmandu,
‘Cathedral of crap’: is this the world’s most beautiful sewage treatment plant?
Its lab buildings have a rusticated air while its sleek, paper-thin louvre windows are reminiscent of a luxury ocean-liner. More importantly, the people of Arklow in Ireland can finally go
The ‘Female Perspective’ on Boarding School
This was first published by Seen & Heard on 18th March 2025 When I talk about genders within this article, I refer to the binary states of boy/man/male and girl/woman/female,
Doctors Who Fluffed RFK Jr.: Here’s What You Own So Far
"Just where is that extensive 5000 word longform apology from Adam Cifu over at Sensible Medicine, begging forgiveness for legitimizing Robert F. Kennedy, Jr?" The post Doctors Who Fluffed RFK
Africa’s last glaciers: an expedition to map ice loss in the Rwenzori mountains – in pictures
The project in Uganda has captured the disastrous effects of the climate crisis on a vital source of water that is central to the lives and sacred beliefs of the