Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel
There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can…
Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk | Stuart Russell
A recent letter signed by 1,367 researchers and engineers at frontier AI labs – mainly OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Deepmind – points to a dangerous moment It is fashionable in…
Trump’s vaccine order is about feelings, not facts | Robert B Shpiner
There’s no evidence that vaccines cause autism, or that we should separate MMR shots. This order is dangerous “This is based on what I feel.” That was the president last…
Malcolm in the middle: what can Labor learn from Turnbull’s doomed attempt to govern from the centre? | Peter Lewis
Ten years after my first Essential column for the Guardian, another centrist government is confronting a global bin fire in the face of a resurgence of populism I wrote my…
‘Terrifying’, ‘abusive’: the women who worked for convicted rapist Ralph Carr speak out – Full Story podcast
For the past three years, we’ve known him only as a ‘high-profile businessman’, accused and then convicted of raping a woman in his home. Until last week, when the court…
Do you have to be hot at work? Eight people on how looks influence their jobs
Due to the rise of GLP-1s and cosmetic surgeries, professionals who weren’t usually subject to high beauty standards are facing new pressures In 1975, John T Molly’s book Dress for…
The astonishing voice of Grace Cummings: ‘The peace I found in music is a legitimate lifesaver’
The Australian singer-songwriter, whose remarkable sound has been likened to Nina Simone and Nico, is back with a new album shaped by a few years of ‘incredible pain and change’…
Young volunteer attempts to keep stranded humpback whale alive on Queensland beach – video
Chantelle Smith was with her daughter on Sunday morning on K’gari when they came across a stranded juvenile humpback whale. After she recorded this footage, a number of other local…
‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
In her new documentary Replica, film-maker Chouwa Liang taps into her own experience of finding love with artificial intelligence and makes contact with other women like her Sign up for…
Thailand suspends gun licences as teen shooter and grandparents he killed are cremated
Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul calls for tighter gun controls and ‘decisive penalties’ after nine dead in school shooting Thailand has suspended firearms licences after last week’s deadly school shooting, as…