The shape of love and romance seems to be an ever-evolving facet of the human experience, but somehow the marketer’s dream of Valentine’s Day never seems to move beyond cliché. However the nature of love and the portrayal of different kinds of relationships have always been explored on film, right from the early days of […]
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Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Sweden has consistently reported some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world. Unfortunately, these achievements don’t extend to foreign-born mothers who face higher risks for all forms of negative pregnancy outcomes. The COVID pandemic was a strong reminder of the gaping health inequities when providing care to […]
Read the articleThe order in which you view faces may affect which way you swipe pathdoc/Shutterstock If you’re planning to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a new partner, there’s a good chance that you met online, which surveys suggest is fast becoming the most popular way people get together. Of course, searching through profile after profile brings with […]
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Read the articleStefani Reynolds / AFP If you think memes are simply online images of cute cats and celebrities with funny captions, then you might be surprised to learn that they can have a more sinister function. Our research shows that memes form part of a highly sophisticated strategy to spread and monetise health disinformation. Memes may […]
Read the articleWoman At Her Toilette by Berthe Morisot (c. 1875–1880). Art Institute of Chicago Poets, philosophers and scientists have all struggled to define love. But when words fail to express our feelings, lovers throughout history have turned to gifts. Whether given as part of a public romantic gesture, or in the quiet intimacy of a private […]
Read the articleChoosing between wild-caught and farmed salmon can be confusing to shoppers, but certain eco-labels can provide guidance. monticello/Shutterstock We’ve all been there. You’re in the supermarket freezer aisle trying to make sense of the different labels on seafood products. You know the oceans are in trouble and you’re trying to do the right thing, but […]
Read the articlePanitanphoto/Shutterstock Love and romance are unquestionably the dominant lyrical themes of popular music. In fact, research in 2017 found that “love” has been the most common theme for pop song lyrics in every decade since the 1960s. If you’re trying to write a love song for the first time, you might not know where to […]
Read the articleA storage tank for liquefied natural gas. Audio und werbung/Shutterstock Since the first cargo of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) left a terminal on the Gulf of Mexico bound for Brazil in February 2016, US exports of the fuel have boomed. In 2023 the US was both the world’s largest producer of natural gas and […]
Read the articleThe Super Bowl – the championship game of America’s National Football League (NFL) – stands as one of the most lucrative annual showcases for big brands. With 115m viewers watching the game last year in the US, 30-second ad spots go for a reported $7m (£5.5m). These days, “Super Bowl ads” are highly anticipated in […]
Read the articleFormer prime time Fox News host Tucker Carlson – long known as a public cheerleader for Donald Trump – has conducted a wide-ranging two-hour interview with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Carlson, who has consistently argued Russia’s case for its invasion of Ukraine, posted his interview on both his own site and on Elon Musk’s […]
Read the articleRudolf and Hedwig Höss are a couple who “strive to build a dream life for their family”, as Zone of Interest’s official synopsis goes. In the film, we watch the mundane patterns of their lives: the children being sent off to school, the family sitting down to meals, Hedwig tending her garden and Rudolf fishing. […]
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