London, Ontario’s police chief blamed music videos and magazine shoots for a culture of sexual violence against women during a press conference about gang rape allegations against five former Canadian junior hockey players. Chief Thai Truong made the speech wh... More »
Earlier today I set you three puzzles for 12-year-olds, used by the charity Axiom Maths, whose mission is to help top performing children from low incomes continue achieving well throughout secondary school.1. Backwards multiplicationWhat four-digit number rev... More »
After more than three decades of working to feed students under increasingly difficult circumstances, Katie Wilson was fed up. The leader of the Urban School Food Alliance, a non-profit that supports nutrition programs at the country’s largest school districts... More »
Meet Sholto David, whose error-spotting has raised a question: If researchers aren’t getting the little things right, what else might be wrong?Sholto David, 32, has a Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology from Newcastle University in England. He is also deve... More »
The environmentally invasive descendants of four “cocaine hippos” from Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s private zoo now have their eyes set on a new target: People.There have been reports of hippos invading a school yard, as well as terrorizing local fishin... More »
The explosion in demand for the weight-loss drug Wegovy has led to the holding company behind its maker, Novo Nordisk, buying a leading US-based drugmaker for $16.5bn (£13.2bn) to increase capacity.Novo Holdings is to buy the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical fi... More »
The retirement age creeps up in jerky increments. By 2026, it’ll be 67; from 2044, it’s expected to rise to 68. But do we know that for sure? Or will it be more like Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban smoking, and get a year further off as every year passes, until the ... More »
The family and friends of Johan Floderus, a Swedish diplomat potentially facing the death penalty in Iran, have told VICE News he has endured a “horrible situation” during his 20-month-long detention in a notorious Tehran prison. Florerus, a 33-year-old workin... More »
The father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was arrested in Texas on at least his third charge of driving while intoxicated, according to jail records. The legal issue comes as the younger Mahomes prepares to lead his team into the Super Bowl ... More »
On the heels of the hottest year ever recorded in human history, climate change is at the top of many people’s minds. You may have heard a lot of terms thrown around—heat pumps, carbon taxes, electric vehicles—but perhaps none is more important to understand a... More »
Profits are up and the economy is strong. But the tech industry faces two challenges — dealing with a frenetic work force expansion in the pandemic and building A.I.After a year of big layoffs, job cuts at the tech industry’s largest companies trickled into th... More »
Traveling alone allows one to see and feel the world profoundly and personally. You have the freedom to immerse in experiences that resonate with you. As such, your exploits may not be complete without capturing significant moments. These photos are a great re... More »