[ad_1] Art experts have long struggled to explain the inspiration behind Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night, in which towering cypress trees are depicted against a swirling night sky over a hillside village. Created during his incarceration in an asylum near Saint-Rémy in the south of France, it is one of a series of paintings […]
[ad_1] People with social anxiety may benefit from mindfulness therapy combined with exposure to odours from others’ sweat, according to a study. The approach could be used in treatment for the mental health condition, where people worry excessively about participating in social situations, it was suggested. Lead researcher Elisa Vigna, of the Karolinska Institute in
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[ad_1] Meredith Broussard is a data journalist and academic whose research focuses on bias in artificial intelligence (AI). She has been in the vanguard of raising awareness and sounding the alarm about unchecked AI. Her previous book, Artificial Unintelligence (2018), coined the term “technochauvinism” to describe the blind belief in the superiority of tech solutions
[ad_1] As western brands began the stampede out of Russia a year ago, its citizens found themselves unable to pay for the international goods and services with which they had become so familiar. Among the first firms to sever ties were the credit card companies Visa and Mastercard, leaving Russians struggling to spend their cash
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[ad_1] “Dystopian” worker surveillance techniques are more likely to disproportionately affect young people, women and ethnic minorities, a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank warns. Worker surveillance practices have increasingly become the new normal, with a rise in remote work leading to an escalation in workplace monitoring, according to the report. But
[ad_1] Brain health can be a heavy subject. By midlife many of us are caring for parents or in-laws affected by dementia. It’s a stark reminder of our own brains’ vulnerability. That’s not to mention the ocean of information that exists on the subject, so deep that sifting through it all can be its own
[ad_1] Ukraine has accused Russia of destabilising Belarus and making its smaller neighbour into “a nuclear hostage”, after Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Moscow has made a deal to station tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. The country’s opposition leader in exile, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, said the move “grossly contradicts the will of the Belarusian people” and
[ad_1] The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, might have been hoping for some brief respite from the tumult back home during his flying visit to London. Instead, in addition to his meeting with Rishi Sunak and other officials, the Likud leader was met with protests from human rights activists, including a protest by Amnesty International,
[ad_1] Dianne Yarwood Phoenix, £16.99, pp304 Soon after Clare is deserted by her husband, she meets new neighbour Louisa, who persuades her to help with a business venture, providing catering for funerals. Meanwhile, emergency doctor Chris, having recently experienced the breakdown of his own relationship, finds himself unexpectedly attending the wakes of both patients and
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[ad_1] In a small lab, squeezed into the corner of a skyscraper in downtown Tel Aviv, Israeli entrepreneur Yossi Yamin is proudly holding what he calls “a little James Bond-style suitcase factory, powered by the sun”. As with many of 007’s finest contraptions, initial impressions are inauspicious. But in the past four years, these little
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