How former insider Péter Magyar ousted Hungary’s Viktor Orbán
For 16 years, Viktor Orbán built an illiberal democracy in Hungary. Orbán and his Fidesz party managed to take control of many of Hungary's levers of power, from the judiciary to state-owned media, an...
16 Apr 29min
The pseudoscientific scale looksmaxxers use to rate each other
If you have teenagers in your life, they’ll probably have heard of the PSL scale. Or at least the language associated with it. Chad. Stacy. Normie. Subhuman.The PSL scale is a pseudoscientific attract...
9 Apr 29min
The Making of One Nation: the unlikely rise of Australia’s Pauline Hanson
From a fish and chip shop in regional Queensland to the heart of Australian politics: this is the unlikely story of One Nation, Australia's most controversial minor party.For thirty years, One Nation ...
2 Apr 25min
Artemis II: NASA’s long road back to the Moon
Final preparations are underway for NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission around the Moon for more than 50 years. Four astronauts, three men and one woman, will spend 10 days aboard the ...
26 Mar 25min
How the US cloned Iran's drones
The day after the US began bombing Iran, US Central Command confirmed it had used a new, cheap type of kamikaze drone called a Lucas for the first time in a combat operation. These drones were made in...
19 Mar 27min
Mystery covid methane spike solved
Six years ago, as countries around the world went into COVID lockdowns, the air got cleaner. Factories slowed down, roads emptied and aeroplanes were grounded. As people stayed home, the world burned ...
12 Mar 22min
Was the Gulf blindsided on Iran?
As Israel and the US continued to bomb Iran after killing the country's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, Iran lashed out at its neighbours with multiple drone strikes, including against the US embassy in ...
5 Mar 27min
South Korea's birth rate is rising, but the population is still shrinking
South Korea’s very low birth rate and ageing population have long served as a cautionary tale for other governments worried that they’ll see similar demographic challenges.But now, for the second year...
26 Feb 27min
