Fri 04 September 2026: As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how memory works – and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, decades of research have given us some clear answers to both questions. Memory essentially operates in three stages, with different brain […]

Open spaces around schools currently sown with vegetables can also be planted with indigenous fruit trees. Courtesy Mallika Sardeshpande. Fri 04 September 2026: Foraging, the act of gathering wild plant and animal materials from the environment, is becoming more and more popular in cities around the world. In South African cities, some people pick wild berries and imifino (wild spinach) in […]

Fri 04 September 2026: Israel will impose its curriculum on more than 45,000 Palestinian students in occupied East Jerusalem during the 2026-27 academic year, a Palestinian official said Monday, warning that the move targets the national and cultural identity of generations of Palestinians in the city. Jerusalem Governorate spokesperson Maarouf al-Rifai said the Israeli curriculum will be imposed on all […]

Thu 03 September 2026: China has given the green light to its first AI-assisted Class 1 innovative drug, a major advance in using artificial intelligence to develop medicines, the state-run Global Times reported. The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued conditional marketing approval for Mprosevir, a treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults, the […]

Fri 04 September 2026: Tunisia’s Court of Cassation has rejected the final appeals of dozens of opposition figures, upholding prison sentences of up to 45 years for those accused of conspiring to overthrow President Kais Saied. The ruling on Thursday brings three years of legal proceedings against 40 people to a close. The defendants include […]

Fri 04 September 2026: Moscow expects growing pipeline supplies to China to push its share above 60% of Russia’s total gas exports China is expected to account for more than 60% of Russia’s total natural gas exports by 2030, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday, according to the state-run Tass news agency. […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Fri 04 September 2026: Planned reductions could bring total workforce cuts to 100,000 by 2030 as the automaker responds to competition and changing demand Volkswagen’s supervisory board has unanimously approved plans to eliminate a further 50,000 jobs worldwide as part of a major restructuring programme through 2030. The additional reductions come on top of an […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]