Health minister decries criticism of vaccinations by heads of four authorities as ‘dangerous and utterly irresponsible’

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The Green party leader on his ‘floordrobe’, doomscrolling, and getting arrested on Waterloo Bridge

Inside the strange experiment that turned AI agents into workers, leaders and believers

In the early 2020s, readers flocked to books to explain political turbulence. But is the world now too grim to read about – and are podcasters taking the place of authors?

Executive functions (EFs) develop dramatically across childhood and predict important outcomes, including academic achievement. These links are often attributed to individual differences in EF capacities. However, individual difference accounts underemphasize contextual influences on EF. We propose a complementary perspective, the adaptive habits framework, which emphasizes how contextual factors support or hinder EF engagement in children. Contexts that support repeated EF engagement establish habits for engaging EF in similar contexts and in similar ways. Such habits, in turn, reduce the effort associated with engaging EF and thus increase the likelihood of deciding to engage EF in the future. We interpret empirical findings through the lens of adaptive habits, discuss the implications of this framework, and propose novel research approaches and interventions to support EF in children.

The measure is part of the government's strategy to tackle violence against women and girls which will be unveiled on Thursday.

Review, which will focus on effectiveness of political finance laws, follows conviction of former Reform politician for accepting bribes

Companies such as Udio, Suno and Klay will let you use AI to make new music based on existing artists’ work. It could mean more royalties – but many are worried

Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threat

Art is not immune from the advances of the hard right – but it isn’t too late for resistance, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

A dread of human interaction is indicative of a demographic that has spent too little time having to deal with other flesh-and-blood beings

Vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth when carefully planned with appropriate supplementation, finds a major new meta-analysis – the most comprehensive study to-date of plant-based die...

The closer we look at time, the stranger it gets

The US president said the tanker was the