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In November, the world's first global citizens' assembly—made up of 100 people chosen by lottery from around the world—declared its recommended responses to the climate crisis at the UN climate conference COP26. Among these recommendations was that causing severe environmental destruction, or "ecocide," should become a crime.

The warning signs were there.

Today The Governance Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering released an interactive report entitled "What Americans Want from Reform." The report by Paul C. Light, Paulette Goddard Professor at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and Senior Fellow at the GovLab, analyzes six key indicators about American attitudes toward government.

A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer's medication that's leading to one of the biggest increases ever in Medicare premiums is highlighting the limitations of President Joe Biden's strategy for curbing prescription drug costs.

As we approach our second winter of the pandemic, the Caribbean is proving to be an especially popular international escape among American travelers.

It takes a special kind of gingerbread to create architecture, so make sure your building materials are up to the challenge, says Sam Wong

To explain the paradox of a smart species that embraces fake news, conspiracy theories and paranormal woo, we need to rethink rationality, says psychologist Steven Pinker

The ease with which words can be used to get inside our heads is explored in two excellent dystopian books, Outcast by Louise Carey and Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore, says Sally Adee

Want to shop more ethically? Let Obakki’s founder help

If you can ignore the unlikely premise of being able to tap into dead people's memories, Apple TV+'s first Korean language offering is fun to watch

This highly commended photograph in the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition might just haunt your dreams

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss

Simply put, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis has been playing like a boiling cauldron of hot ass this year.

The holidays are a notoriously difficult time to travel by plane, in part because of the number of people trying to fly and in part because of the increased likelihood of winter weather. Snowstorms and icy runways can quickly derail days’ worth of air travel.

An invasion of microscopic aliens sets the scene for Encounter, a sci-fi film starring Riz Ahmed that feels a little like two films jammed together

The pandemic has had surprising effects on cyberbullying that could tells us how to reduce the problem in the future, say Alexandra Martiniuk and Joseph Freeman

We have been hearing warnings about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest for decades, but experts say a catastrophic tipping point is now just over the horizon. Are they right? And if so, what can we do to pull things back?

Funding cuts are undermining the scientific enterprise, impoverishing our attempts to discover the secrets of nature and share them widely, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

You may have spent the past month playing Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode, but the campaign, out now for Xbox and PC, is a wholly different beast. As in previous Halo games, your ostensible goal is to aim your gun and shoot at a zealous battalion of aliens. But Halo Infinite bucks precedent by throwing an open(ish)…

Android tablets and foldable phones are a step closer to receiving some much-needed improvements. Google today released the first beta for Android 12L, a version of Android designed to improve the software experience on large-screen devices.

A former snack bar that had been vacant for over 20 years was renovated into an office in a commercial building in Sakae, Nagoya's downtown area. The long counter, mirror ball, box seats, and other glittering traces of those days were still there.

The supercar is the 19th of 22 built during its last year of production.

"I think when you have done something like he has done, the impossibility of love, that is really the punishment."

Even though the finalized update isn't expected until next year, you can start testing it now if you have the right type of device.

Each year a smaller percentage of Americans cut down their own Christmas trees. Universe Live reporter Joe Belnap interviewed students on campus about whether they prefer real or fake trees.