From ancient kings who disciplined errant monks to modern political battles over Gnanasara Thera, Sri Lanka’s history raises an uncomfortable question: should the saffron robe shield its wearer from accountability? The controversy
The artificial intelligence revolution may represent a more profound transformation than the industrial revolution because, according to Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, it is not merely producing new tools but creating new
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The human condition today is better than it’s ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. — Tom Clancy The Issue The near collision involving an Iberia Airbus A321
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Some 1,500 couples have married in a mass wedding organised by the government of Kano State in northern Nigeria, in a programme intended to help people who might otherwise be unable to
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At 2,930 metres above sea level, with Mount Teide rising above him and a sea of clouds below, Garik Israelian moves through the facilities of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics in
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Can a political system be undermined by its own success? That is the argument advanced by proponents of post-liberalism, a broad and internally divided school of thought that has gained increasing attention
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The lack of adequate and dignified housing has been one of the primary human rights and infrastructure issues faced for decades by the estate community, who are the producers of Sri Lanka’s
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A new generation of cancer therapies is rapidly transforming oncology as bispecific antibodies move from scientific promise to clinical reality. Reported by Nature, researchers are now developing increasingly sophisticated multispecific antibodies capable
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A Nature investigation has revealed mounting concerns over the emergence of so-called “review mills”, exposing how duplicated peer-review reports, questionable citation practices and mounting pressures within academic publishing are challenging confidence in
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Death has been Professor Dame Sue Black’s closest companion for most of her life. Yet rather than fear it, she has learned to regard it as a constant presence and, ultimately, a
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For many of the internet’s earliest users, the digital world promised freedom, opportunity and connection. It was seen as a place where geography, social background and personal circumstances mattered less than ideas
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Just one week after a deadly attack disrupted Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations, tens of thousands of people gathered in Hamburg for what became the largest Pride parade in the city’s history.
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A package of laws modelled on Russian legislation has sharply curtailed the activities of non-governmental organisations in Georgia, prompting warnings from civil society leaders that democratic institutions and the rule of law
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Singapore’s annual number of births fell below 30,000 for the first time since independence in 1965, underscoring mounting demographic pressures as one of Asia’s fastest-ageing societies grapples with declining fertility, a shrinking
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As democracies around the world face mounting challenges and pressures, discussions about autocracy often focus on personalities and ideologies or tend to link governance practices to differences among specific cultural traditions. Yet
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Astronomers are developing an ambitious new European-led telescope that could reveal vast regions of the universe that have remained largely invisible to science, offering an unprecedented view of galaxies hidden behind cosmic
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