The right is desperate for a solution to falling birthrates. Who’s going to tell them that the answer is immigration? | John Harris
Reform and Maga are correct that ageing populations are storing up huge social problems, but our prosperity still rests on the hard work of migrants A growing mountain of reports…
Women don’t need menopause tea and meno-friendly nighties. They need doctors to take them seriously | Emma Beddington
Serious health conditions are being misdiagnosed and pregnancies are missed while the internet swells with terrible advice and meno-products. Enough! Ladies! Are you tired all the time, sweaty and hot,…
The Guardian view on the splinternet: where China led, Iran and others are eagerly following | Editorial
Authoritarian states are increasingly shutting off or throttling access to the internet, creating separate spheres in a realm built on connection China boasts of having the world’s largest population of…
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,…