Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008. Which, if you do some quick napkin math, makes it nearly old enough to pass its own age check. That’s quite... Read more »

WOMEN complain they shoulder the bulk of the mental load in relationships, while men quietly, heroically, make sure they never have to worry about these considerations.

Denmark has managed to drive down successful asylum claims to a 40-year low, with 95 per cent of failed claimants deported

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The plan follows up on a manifesto promise to work towards the phasing out the practice.

The historic Radical Road path was closed in 2018 due to rockfall but a plan for its full reopening has still to be agreed.

Major review also says use of Prevent scheme is 'not fit for purpose' with referrals increasingly involving people with complex vulnerabilities

A "V for Vendetta" TV series is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned exclusively.

Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging

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ScottishPower said the new turbines could now generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 57,000 homes.

The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.

Long-term melatonin use for sleep problems may come with unexpected heart dangers. Researchers found that chronic users were almost twice as likely to die and 3.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure. Though melatonin is widely regarded as harmless, experts now urge caution with extended use.

Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.

Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Integration of phylogenetics, comparative genomics and palaeobiological approaches suggests that the last universal common ancestor lived about 4.2 billion years ago and was a complex prokaryote-grade anaerobic acetogen that was part of an ecosystem.

It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani made history Tuesday night when he was elected the first Muslim mayor of New York City. The Onion fact-checks the claims being made about Mamdani. Claim: Mamdani is a nepo baby. True: Mamdani is the eldest son of Bill de Blasio and Ed Koch. Claim: Mamdani will destroy New York City. […]

How the world's richest man is boosting the British right

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

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