On Sunday 9 April, BBC’s Big Questions held a debate on the question: ‘Would gender neutral language be better for mankind?’...

Drug addiction is defined as a “chronic, often relapsing brain disease”. This definition is widely used in scientific papers and by the National...

The relationship between humans and machines is becoming ever more intertwined. Already we can see how artificial intelligence (AI) is invading...

A Welsh National Assembly committee has said that Wales should become the world’s first ‘nation of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum...

The Disability News Service has released data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) showing that nearly half (45%) of...

A UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights is deeply concerned by Australia’s high rates of indigenous incarceration. And she believes this discrepancy is about...

A survey published by homeless charity Crisis reveals that more than one in three councils (36%) across England and Wales...

You may be surprised to learn that the UK has a slavery problem. But it’s true. Vietnamese teenagers are being...

UN human rights experts David Kaye and Maina Kiai have criticised 19 US states (all Republican-governed) for introducing bills that would restrict freedom...

Tesla’s stock value is now worth more than Ford’s. Yesterday, Tesla was worth $45.47bn, while Ford was worth $45.35bn, according...

Home Secretary Amber Rudd appeared on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday 26 March. The topic of conversation was the terror...

Bottling up emotions. Finding it hard to cry. Feeling ashamed about being depressed. Or embarrassed at the idea of reaching...

The US company Impossible Foods has created a ‘beef’ burger made entirely out of plants. It announced on Wednesday that it...

A new game called Letter X uses the social media app Snapchat as a platform for children to abuse and bully...

From being the epitome of cool in the 90s, using a mobile phone while driving is now about as socially...

Norway is now officially the happiest place on earth. And the UK could learn a thing or two from Nordic countries...

New Zealand’s Parliament has passed a bill which gives the Whanganui River the same status as a legal person. It is...