NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Can Science Build a Better Beer?’ – How breakthroughs in the lab could upend a global industry…
On a Bahamian island, in a landlocked lagoon, the planet’s densest collection of seahorses is offering scientists new insights into the secret lives of one of the world’s most mysterious fish.
The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media with disinformation campaigns and fake images.
The opposition leader María Corina Machado gave the prize to President Trump at the White House. The Nobel Committee has said that the honor is not transferable.
The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent was instantly reported to the Minneapolis Police. The calls reflect shock, fury and confusion.
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Horror in Iran’…
Thousands have died and America has threatened to strike back against the horror there
And Donald Trump’s use of companies as a tool of state will make it no safer
You come at the king (of finance),
Sidelining the democratic opposition and its leader, María Corina Machado, would be a mistake
Lessons from history for the next three years
WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE: ‘The Trump Doctrine’ – Why Trump Had To Act In Venezuela….
by Sean Durns
by Scott W. Johnson
by David Harsanyi
by Daniel Ross Goodman
by Salena Zito
History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment.
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home.
Nonessential personnel were moved from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, an American site that could be a target of Iran if President Trump ordered an attack.
Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling further behind their global peers.
The agent shot a Venezuelan man who was resisting arrest, an official said. Protesters and law enforcement clashed for hours, as officials urged people to go home.
Drugs that limit the activity of cells called neutrophils could make heart attacks less severe without compromising the immune system.
Ocean temperatures well below freezing in Earth’s deep-past glacial phases imply some very salty waters.
What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.
A huge data set has confirmed a long-theorized relationship between the size of stock trades and the impact on prices.
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features…
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘The New Age of Empire’
We’re just a couple of weeks into 2026 and already it feels like an eternity has passed.
From Venezuela to Greenland, a blitz of revanchist US foreign policy moves by Donald Trump has thrown the world into turmoil. Domestically, it’s little better: in Minneapolis, the killing last week of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent – who was defended aggressively by Trump – prompted shock and fury across America.
While some argue that recent events simply represent a more honest, open approach towards US policy goals than in the recent past, others believe such brazen expansionism profoundly threatens the world order.
In a terrific essay this week, our senior international correspondent Julian Borger argues that these events signal a shift away from the postwar rules-based order and into a new age of global imperialism where, alongside Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Xi Jinping’s China, powerful nations use overtly brute force to achieve their objectives.
Spotlight | Iran protests: ‘The streets are full of blood’
After several days of protests amid an information blackout and a brutal crackdown, demonstrators recount their experiences on the frontlines to Deepa Parent and William Christou
Technology | Elon Musk’s pervert chatbot
‘Add blood, forced smile’: Amelia Gentleman and Helena Horton investigate how Grok’s AI nudification tool went viral
Feature | Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian
The US president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights. Charlotte Higgins reports
Opinion | As the bombs fell, my family planted hope in a garden in Gaza
Amid constant danger, Taqwa Ahmed al-Wawi’s seed-planting was a tiny act of resistance, offering food – and a sense of achievement among the devastation
Culture | Interview with Park Chan-wook
The South Korean film director talks to Steve Rose about cultural dominance, the capitalist endgame and why we can’t beat AI
After buying his own liberty, the Marylander covertly assisted conductors on the Underground Railroad, including Harriet Tubman. But his possession of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” turned him into an abolitionist hero
Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets and, maybe soon, people
THE NEW WORLD MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Iran on the Ropes’….
A president without decency or any interest in policy runs America like a TV show: gripping its audience with shocks, suspense and relentless action
It’s wildly overvalued, politically extreme and puts Trump first – but somehow has £1bn of deals to run Britain’s tech infrastructure
For decades, US survivalists have warned about a future with troops on the street and plain-clothes goons disappearing the White House’s enemies. Now it’s all happening under Trump, they are silent
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