GDP per capita, life expectancy and perceptions of freedom and corruption are among the factors used to derive the rankings in the World Happiness Report for 2025
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A massive US$660 million cash payout ordered over the Dakota Access pipeline protests in 2016 and 2017 could end ‘over 50 years of environmental activism’
The troubles affecting the South African research team dramatise the psychological challenges inherent in polar exploration and highlight the region’s remoteness
Boundary-pushing visual artist Pedro Sandoval helped develop the AI voices and provided the ‘instructions and refinement’ to create the music
For the second time in six years, the pioneering but beleaguered fast-fashion brand has announced that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US
A small-scale study found excessive consumption of high-sugar, high-fat, ultra-processed foods can adversely change how your brain responds to insulin
Blood samples of seemingly healthy chicks who have consumed plastic reveal signs of serious damage to multiple organs including the brain
Flipping from a wet climate to a dry one, or vice versa, undermines the effectiveness of existing infrastructure
Tectonic plate movements measured since 2019 indicate potential for a massive quake in the Chishima Trench at any time in the next 30 years