Inheritance by Harvey Whitehouse review – the power of unity
After the Arab spring uprisings spread to Libya in 2011 and Muammar Gaddafi ordered his troops to fire on protesters, many ordinary Libyans took up arms and joined anti-government militias. I had been living in Libya since 2008 and watched with…
Rosarita by Anita Desai review – a haunting tale about family bonds and betrayals
Anita Desai’s riddling and haunted new novel is set in motion when Bonita, a young Indian woman, meets a tricksy figure in a park in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. A student of Spanish, Bonita is leafing through local newspapers when she is…
TV tonight: a guide to watching the general election results
Election 2024 9.55pm, BBC One Is time up for Rishi Sunak and his Tory government? After what has felt like the longest, least inspiring election campaign in UK history, it is finally time to find out. All major channels will…
Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race?
The artificial intelligence boom has driven big tech share prices to fresh highs, but at the cost of the sector’s climate aspirations. Google admitted on Tuesday that the technology is threatening its environmental targets after revealing that datacentres, a key…
Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls | Jonathan Watts
A disrupted climate and diminished natural world are widening the dividing lines of ideological debate. Left unchecked, this will undermine democracy. That may not be the first thing on the minds of British voters as they go to the polls…
‘Spermageddon’: is male fertility really in crisis? – podcast
Recent research has suggested a global reproductive crisis could be in the offing, with researchers in Israel saying average sperm counts may have more than halved in the past 40 years. But a study published last month appears to call…
Archaeological survey detects Roman villas and iron age farmsteads in Shropshire
An archaeological survey of more than 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) in Shropshire has identified a wealth of previously unknown features, including two grand Roman villas and multiple earlier iron age farmsteads. The geophysical survey, the largest ever conducted by the…
Work on synthetic human embryos to get code of practice in UK
Biological models of human embryos that can develop heartbeats, spinal cords and other distinctive features will be governed by a code of practice in Britain to ensure that researchers work on them responsibly. Made from stem cells, they mimic, to…
The summer of green music festivals – podcast
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‘It needs to stay in the loop’: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down
René Heiden pulls two glass yoghurt jars off the shop shelf, and lists the nearby supermarkets in which they can be returned once empty. His Berlin grocery shop avoids single-use packaging in favour of reusable containers, a waste reduction model…