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It’s well known that learning to play an instrument can offer benefits beyond just musical ability. Indeed, research shows it’s a great activity for the brain – it can enhance our fine motor skills,language acquisition, speech, and memory – and it can even help to keep our brains younger.
Jolie and Pitt’s idyllic vineyard life in Provence gave way to legal battles, renovations, and a bitter divorce.
An Argentine couple went from seeking out sexual threesomes as aficionados to opening a swingers’ club and even chairing a national association for like-minded, libertine couples who would open their relations in a “responsible” way.
If Freud were alive for the dawn of artificial intelligence he would understand the insult this scientific development, like other’s before it, poses to human intelligence. Here’s how we can protect ourselves.
With photographs from Gaza, Rome and Buenos Aires — among other places.
With photographs from Kyiv, Bangkok and Zurich — among other places.
In Gurgaon this month, a professional tennis player was slain by her own father after neighbors jeered, “The house runs on your daughter’s money,” exposing how community shame can turn deadly when masculinity is tied to income earning.
As surf tourism expands around the world, overcrowded spots and increasing pollution have created tensions between locals and tourists eager to catch waves.
Remember those late-90s Furbies—cute, creepy, and eerily chatty? A programmer recently fused one with ChatGPT, unleashing a chilling plot: AI-powered Furbies bent on world domination. As retro toys return and emotional robots like Ropet emerge, we must ask: are we ready?
With photographs from Nakuru, Pamplona and Paris — among other places.
Very few people actually need two liters of water a day. But how much do they really need? What changes in the heat, whether coffee counts – and why many amateur athletes drink dangerously large amounts.
While Mattel’s Barbie doll is the world’s most popular fashion doll, she faces competition from local and regional dolls: from Mimi in South Korea to Steffi Love in Germany, Worldcrunch takes a look at her past and present counterparts around the world.
A cable car project to Nepal’s Pathibhara temple threatens the livelihood of porters and is seen by the indigenous Limbu community as a desecration of sacred land. Their protests reflect broader struggles over development and indigenous rights in the country.
As international research projects are upended, European leaders say they will fill the funding void. Is that realistic?
With remarkable shots from Waterloo, Wimbledon and Crete, among other places.
Despite a migrant population of 700,000 — including 250,000 Vietnamese, who are largely Buddhists, followed by 240,000 Indonesians, who are predominantly Muslims, and 149,000 Filipinos, who are mostly Catholics — migrant workers do not enjoy opportunities to worship like local employees.
As Zimbabwe prepares to host a global wetlands summit, its own wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate.
With remarkable shots from Ciutadella de Menorca, Yangon, London, Nakuru, among other places.
This is 6 minutes, the seriously international daily newscast. It’s Friday, June 27 – let Emma Albright and Anne-Sophie Goninet guide you through the news.
A shortage of pathologists and a culture of corruption have made mortuaries sites of extortion and grief.
A Polish influencer is claiming that the U.S. streaming giant has illegally stolen her ideas — and even her pink hair.
Argentine journalist Ignacio Pereyra reflects on six years as the primary caregiver to his two sons while his partner advanced her career. Though his decision has sparked praise — and skepticism — it’s also unraveled assumptions about masculinity, fairness, and what we call “normal” parenting.
With remarkable shots from Khan Younis, Barcelona, Kananaskis and Ascot, among other places.
June 20 – July 3, 2025
Despite being cheap, eco-friendly and empowering, the bicycle is losing ground among Germany’s youngest. Cities are not built for children, and cars are given priority. Together with parents’ fears and declining physical activity, this is making biking for children harder than in previous generations.
As flagship products of the luxury industry, fragrances have reached stratospheric prices, supposedly justified by craftsmanship and rare ingredients — simultaneously fueling a boom in the dupe market.
With photographs from Gaza City, Madrid, Guwahati and Paris, among other places.
June 6 – June 12, 2025
Once a pub pastime, darts is now drawing millions of viewers and breaking broadcast records. Its mix of entertainment, accessibility, and fast-paced action has turned it into a commercial powerhouse.
La Marea speaks with author Jorge Dioni López, who argues that digital porn reflects and reinforces modern capitalism, reshaping masculinity and normalizing emotional detachment. Pornography, he says, is both a symptom and a driver of today’s cultural and social malaise.
Deported by the U.S. and rejected by Bhutan, dozens of former refugees are now stranded in Nepal without citizenship or legal status. Their statelessness raises urgent legal and human rights questions about the consequences of deportation.
With photographs from Gaza City, Madrid, Guwahati and Paris, among other places.
As Berlin and Tel Aviv mark a diplomatic milestone, the relationship born out of pragmatism, guilt and survival faces its toughest questions yet — especially amid war, protest and growing calls for criticism.
May 23 – June 5, 2025
The Canadian province is experiencing a surge in separatist sentiment, fueled by long-standing grievances over perceived economic inequities and political underrepresentation in Canada. While some view this as a bargaining tactic for better federal treatment, concerns are growing that separation could be destabilizing, impractical, and deeply divisive.
While weight-loss drugs like Ozempic work by boosting the hormone GLP-1, research shows certain foods and eating habits can naturally do the same. From fibre-rich meals to olive oil and meal timing, strategic dietary choices offer a powerful, drug-free path to appetite control and weight loss.
Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing human-primate interactions — and the risk for disease spillover.
President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his nation’s science and logistics on the icy continent.
Following immunotherapy treatments in the last decade, new therapeutic strategies for cancer are beginning to emerge.
Vladimir Putin has offered a 72-hour ceasefire to begin on May 8, but signs on the ground point instead to plans for a major assault in eastern Ukraine. A key weapon would be specialized motorcycle brigades that could evade Kyiv’s defenses.