Sudan civil war a ‘humanitarian nightmare’, says UN | BBC News

Sudan civil war a 'humanitarian nightmare', says UN | BBC News

Sudan’s conflict described as the war the world forgot civilians caught up in the country’s Civil War have shared graphic accounts to the BBC of rape ethnic violence and Street executions at the hands of the paramilitary group The rsf we’ll shortly show you some firsthand testimonies but before that top United Nations officials met […]

Extreme heat at work can double stillbirth risk, India study finds | BBC News

Extreme heat at work can double stillbirth risk, India study finds | BBC News

now could working in extreme heat increase women’s risk of miscarriage and still birth well as our planet heats up a new study in India shared with the BBC has found women face twice the risk of miscarriage still birth pre-term birth and low birth weight if they were working in very hot environments compared […]

Reddit share sale values firm at $6.4bn | BBC News

Reddit share sale values firm at $6.4bn | BBC News

shares in social media platform Reddit start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday in its initial public offering or IPO and if you’re not familiar with Reddit it hosts Niche discussion groups or subreddits around a 100,000 of them on everything from politics to pets investing and hobbies in the world of […]

Have you been getting a phrase wrong all your life? | BBC Ideas

Have you been getting a phrase wrong all your life? | BBC Ideas

Growth sprout. Biting my time. Duck tape. Two peas in a pond. Escape goat. You know that mortifying moment when you use a common phrase in front of everyone, only to find out you’ve been saying it wrong for years? Well, the good news is you can stop that shame spiral in its tracks because, […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7U4tA8ttQ&t=1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7U4tA8ttQ&t=1s

Introduction French philosopher Michel Foucault is one of the most cited thinkers of the 20th Century. He died in 1984, but his work feels particularly timely right now, as it’s largely about knowledge, truth and power. “Everything I do, I do in order that it may be of use,” he once said. So what might […]

Why anger is overrated | BBC Ideas

Why anger is overrated | BBC Ideas

Introduction My name is Thomas Dixon and in my opinion, anger is not quite as healthy as some people think it is. When I think of anger I think of myself losing it. Growling at the radio, shouting at the cat. Feeling homicidal rage towards the person next to me in the quiet carriage on […]

How good are you at predicting the future? | BBC Ideas

How good are you at predicting the future? | BBC Ideas

Are you a hedgehog or a fox? Are you able to deeply focus on one specific activity such as rolling up in a spiky ball and sleeping through the winter? Or are you alert to changing circumstances and keep your eyes and ears open to new threats and opportunities? My name’s David Spiegelhalter, and I’m […]

Five things you think will make you happy… but won’t | BBC Ideas

Five things you think will make you happy... but won't | BBC Ideas

Intro All of us, from a very early age, are told how to live our lives. We’re given stories about what the perfect life looks like and some of those stories work for some people some of the time but not all of us all of the time. There’s no checklist that each of us […]