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A deepfake porn victim confronts the pain of having her likeness stolen and vandalised

In the Middle Ages, a new sense of balance fundamentally altered our understanding of nature and society

Adam Frank is professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester in New York. He is the author of several books, the latest being The Little Book of Aliens (2023).

A jaunty ride through London’s skateboarding scene, The Skatebook pulls from a wide range of perspectives to explore a culture that, per one interviewee, is ‘60 per cent community, 40 per cent skateboarding’. The UK filmmaker Sofia Negri surveys newcomers, veterans and everyone in between for the work, pairing their words with lively hand-drawn characters who ride in and out of her sketchbooks, and through live-action skatepark scenes. From these voices and images, a complex portrait of the skating landscape emerges – one in which the learning horizon is endless and most people are welcoming, but, even amid what one old-schooler calls a ‘watered-down’ culture, some members can still be a real drag.

A novel study in rural China suggests that witchcraft accusations may have arisen as a means of damaging female competitors

In a country of such extraordinary diversity, the UN definition of ‘indigenous’ does little more than fuel ethnic violence

In Jack London’s novel, Martin Eden personifies debates still raging over the role and purpose of education in American life

Izzy Wisher is a postdoctoral researcher on the ERC project eSYMb: The Evolution of Symbolic Behaviour at Aarhus University in Denmark. She completed her PhD in the psychological foundations of Upper Palaeolithic cave art at Durham University. She specialises in using interdisciplinary approaches to understand the making and use of Palaeolithic art.

The celebrated architect who took inspiration from sitting, waiting and contemplating

Meet Hypatia of Alexandria, a rare female – and moderate secular – public intellectual, who was murdered by religious zealots