Nicola’s only crime was to love too much. And to not notice the Jaguar on the drive | John Crace
Rather than being one of the shrewdest operators in British politics for a decade, it turns out Sturgeon was just too trusting You know how it is. You wake up…
This is how we do it: ‘I was looking for a one-night stand. Now we’re married with two babies’
It started as a hook-up, but before long they were parents. Now Sofia and León are finding new ways to be intimate • How do you do it? Share the…
‘In a crowd, it feels good when we do bad to our enemies’: how anger becomes contagious
Usually, individuals don’t want to be angry. In a group, however, negative emotions can rile the tribe. On the streets of London, Ed Coper felt it first hand Back before…
This model is not a real person: how AI is changing online shopping up – video
From digital twins to models ‘sculpted’ by programmers, generative AI has been popping up all over the fashion industry. When an Australian e-commerce retailer started using AI-generated models to sell…
Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos. What could go wrong? | Eduardo Porter
A new belief set is uniting some of the wealthiest men in the world around a ‘transhuman’ future – actual humanity be damned Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI,…
Envy used to prickle me constantly. But Buddhism teaches us that if someone feels joy, we too can feel it | Jackie Bailey
If I wish myself happiness, then I might gradually become more positively disposed to the happiness of others It can be hard to be nice. When I was a kid,…
‘This is a tragedy’: swimming snakes open new front in battle with Balearic lizards
The insatiable horseshoe whip snake has become an existential threat to the Ibiza wall lizard Irrefutable proof of what Spanish researchers and wildlife experts had long suspected, and long feared,…
June Oscar on family, history and the need for courage to keep the dream of reconciliation alive
The former social justice commissioner was 53 when she first spoke to her half-brother and began healing her divided family. But her aspirations for reconciliation go much further Follow our…
Marcia Lucas, Star Wars’ Oscar-winning editor and unsung hero, dies at 80
‘Innovative artist’, who was married to George Lucas until 1983 and worked on several Martin Scorsese films, has died from metastatic cancer Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor…
Socceroos’ World Cup squad revealed as Tony Popovic rolls dice with two uncapped strikers
Cristian Volpato and Tete Yengi included in final 26-man squad Joe Gauci, Kye Rowles, Brandon Borrello and Martin Boyle miss out The Socceroos have named two uncapped attackers in their…