Chris Thompson is prepared to fight to the end to contest what he says is a rental price increase with little notice – and he’s encouraging others across New Brunswick to do the same. “If I have a court order, I’ll leave. But I will fight to the end,” he said. “We need to care … Read more
Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal. At least three officials found her behaviour so traumatising that they felt they had no other choice … Read more
The federal government has ramped up pressure on NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia to sign on to the next school funding agreement, as it rushes out the blueprint for the next decade of primary and secondary education. The states, which have been holding out on reaching a deal amid calls for higher levels … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Guaranteed income programs don’t appear to improve the health of recipients, but they remain an important tool to consider for reducing poverty, according to research from University of Michigan and others. The findings come from research released by OpenResearch’s Unconditional Income Study, which gave 1,000 adults $1,000 per month for three … Read more
I was once served a pasta course that was two ravioli sitting naked on a plate. They were filled with lentils, sausage mince and broth, and were so slippery I thought they’d slide uninhibited down my throat. They were part of an expensive degustation. Before then, most of the ravioli I’d eaten were more like … Read more
Credit: Anderson Guerra from Pexels Makeup is one of the strategic tools for shaping one’s image. To what extent can its intensity and form vary depending on the occasion and context? When and why can it be used as camouflage? Researchers from SWPS University attempted to answer these questions by investigating how women apply makeup. … Read more
The timing could have been better. For much of the last few weeks the Tory party has been dancing on eggshells around Labour. As if in awe of their majority. Still suffering PTSD from 4 July. Bunkering down. Even at their only prime minister’s questions, Rishi Sunak had chosen to ask about Ukraine: a subject … Read more
For several decades, air quality in the US was trending up by many measures. Data indicated that fine, inhalable airborne particulate matter, known as PM2.5, was declining in 41 states before 2016. But the increasing frequency and severity of wildfires has undone that progress “about 25%” in the last eight years, says Jienan Li, a … Read more
The HS-I, CS-I, and CS-II structures of hydrate correspond to the Z, A15, and C15 phases of the Frank-Kasper phase, respectively. With the discovery of HS-I, the primitive structures at the three vertices are all in place. Derivative structures arise from cage deformation. Polyhedron: green, 14-hedron; red, 15-hedron. Plot: gray, mixed phases found in alloys. … Read more
About 10 minutes into the latest preview build of Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft’s forthcoming open-world adventure, lead character Kay Vess enters Mirogana: a densely populated, worn-down city on the desolate moon of Toshara. Around us is a mix of sandstone hovels and metallic sci-fi buildings, crammed with flickering computer panels, neon signs and holographic adverts. … Read more