The Workplace Psychological Contract Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.
What the RTO debate reveals about the gulf between employers and employees.
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UK Battles Wildfires Amid Drought Warnings
Wildfires erupted across Britain over the past week amid the driest start to spring in nearly 70 years. Fires burned through forested areas in Scotland, Wales and England, coinciding with declining river levels and warnings of drought. In Scotland, a large forest fire near the village of Fauldhouse, west of Edinburgh, broke out late Saturday…
The Brood XIV Zombie Cicadas Are Coming
As spring warms the eastern U.S. and green shoots peek from the ground, other forms of life stir in the soil. Periodical 17-year cicadas in Brood XIV—one of 15 broods found only in North America—begin to creep from their underground burrows. Last seen in 2008, they will emerge in the billions across a dozen states…
30 years ago, ‘Hackers’ and ‘The Net’ predicted the possibilities—and horrors—of internet life
In 1995, the earliest films about internet culture arrived. The creators look back at the films and their predictions for life online. Getting an email in the mid-’90s was kind of an event—somewhere between hearing an unexpected knock at the door and walking into your own surprise party. The white-hot novelty of electronic mail is…
2025 NCAA softball tournament bracket reveal: SEC takes top seeds on road to College World Series
The road to Oklahoma City for 64 teams begins this Friday with the 2025 NCAA softball tournament set to get underway. The bracket for this year’s field was unveiled Sunday night and a few things about this year’s tournament are clear. For starters, the SEC is far and away the best conference in this sport…
Mandy Moore is ‘endlessly grateful’ of her mother
11 May 2025 Mandy Moore considers motherhood to be the “single greatest gift of [her] life”. Mandy Moore is celebrating Mother’s Day The 41-year-old actress has taken to social media to celebrate Mother’s Day in the US (11.05.25), and to reflect on her own experience of parenthood. The ‘This Is Us’ star – who has…
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Rodrigo Duterte Is Expected to Again Become Mayor of Davao City
Six weeks ago, a van piled high with flowers pulled up at the International Criminal Court’s detention center in The Hague. The court also received deliveries of birthday cards. Lots and lots of them. They were all for the newest inmate, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, who turned 80 on March 28….
Blueprints review: Marcus du Sautoy’s new book is good on maths, less so on the arts
Le Corbusier used Fibonacci sequences in his building designs, like this one in Marseille, France Chris Hellier/Alamy BlueprintsMarcus du Sautoy (Fourth Estate (UK, out now); Basic Books (US, 16 September)) Marcus Du Sautoy wants us to see mathematics and art as inextricably connected. “Both are creating ways to interpret, understand, and navigate our place in…
23andMe customers notified of bankruptcy and potential claims — deadline to file is July 14
23andMe, the genetic testing giant once valued in the billions, is now navigating Chapter 11 bankruptcy and notifying millions of current and former customers that they may be eligible to file claims as part of the restructuring process. The company and 11 of its subsidiaries, including Lemonaid Health and LPRXOne, filed for bankruptcy protection on…