Ars Technica
Chemicals from accidents that injured or killed people increased by nearly 50 percent in recent years.
Variety
Momentous events such as the sale of the family home, a young man coming out to his family, or the staging of a drag performance in a small town would seem like perfect ingredients for an intensely dramatic, conflict-ridden film. But in his fourth feature “Chica Checa” — premiering in the Crystal Globe competition at […]
The Guardian
Michael Phillips says he suffers from micropenis – but he’s now fundraised enough to increase his member’s girthA US man who has staked the uncontested claim of having the smallest penis in the world says he has booked a procedure to enhance his member at least somewhat after soliciting the online public’s financial support for that purpose.In a brief interview on Saturday, 38-year-old Michael Phillips described himself as “really thankful and surprised” over the GoFundMe platform users who supp
The Guardian Politics
The likely next prime minister might have to leave his ‘Manchester clothes’ in the cupboard when he gets to No 10There’s a joke doing the rounds about Andy Burnham. It usually goes something like this: a Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into a bar. “Hello, Andy, what can I get you?” asks the barman.The man who would be our next prime minister has been through a few incarnations in his career as a Labour politician. This shape-shifting has been reflected in the jobs he’s done and the pol
The Guardian Culture
Whether you’re learning guitar or trying to get fit, short bursts of effort can work wondersYou could call it the tamest of mid-life crises, but as I turned 40 last year, I decided to devote myself to a long-neglected ambition – learning the guitar. I dutifully set myself the task of practising for 30 minutes a day, with the aim of strumming my way through the Bob Dylan songbook by my 41st birthday.What stood in the way, of course, was life. With work and family commitments, I was lucky to find
The Guardian
Finding that Norfolk butterfly has been distinct subspecies for 200,000 years could transform conservation approachThe endangered swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon britannicus, which is only regularly found breeding in Britain on the Norfolk Broads, has been a distinct subspecies for at least 200,000 years, according to a study.Smaller, darker in colour and much rarer than the continental swallowtail, britannicus was previously considered to have developed its distinctive form during its con
The Guardian Culture
One hundred years after Virginia Woolf explored the limitations of language in On Being Ill, the Piranesi author reflects on the power of storytelling to shape our experience of sicknessIn October 2016 I was in hospital. I had been ill for 11 years with something I called chronic fatigue syndrome, but in the previous six weeks I had been overtaken by a strange, sudden crisis. I was unable to eat – a day when I managed a couple of biscuits was a good day; at times I trembled so violently tha
Financial Times
As policymakers shift towards industrial interventionism, they risk neglecting the simplest drivers of growth
Wired
Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson.
Wired
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The Guardian Politics
‘New direction, same old problems’: the economic challenges facing Andy Burnham | Richard Partington
Blair met good fortune when he assumed office, others such as Wilson faced tougher times. The PM-presumptive will start firmly on the back footMake Miliband chancellor, ex-chief Treasury adviser tells BurnhamJohn Harris: Without a good revival plan, Burnham cannot succeedIn politics, timing and luck matter. Tony Blair had astounding good fortune, benefiting from goldilocks economic conditions and a weak opposition. Others have taken charge in tougher times: in. the 1970s Harold Wilson faced a gl
Ars Technica
The heat of the Hadean may have come from impacts as well as the interior.