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Social inequality and hyper violence: Why the bleak world of Netflix’s 'Squid Game' is a streaming phenomenon
Squid Game, an original Netflix drama produced in South Korea, has now become the most watched Netflix show in 76 countries.
Book Club
Meet Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, who was born in Zanzibar, is the first Tanzanian writer to win this award.
Arts and Culture
‘It’s given me love’: how art is helping refugee women connect and express themselves
A new study in Australia has looked at the experiences of refugee and migrant women in regional Australia, as they shared their work in community art exhibitions.
Biodiversity
These microscopic photos highlight the need to protect nature
2021 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition attracts another strong line-up of images of things and places the naked eye can’t see.
Global Health
How the media could help end HIV stigma
Stats show that HIV stigma is increasing. However, people with HIV living normal, healthy lives could have a powerful effect, a new study says.
Book Club
From climate to cybercrime - these are 15 of the best business books of 2021
The annual Business Book of the Year Award has published its longlist – with topics ranging from cyberwars to the race for COVID vaccines.
Book Club
10 new leadership books to add to this autumn's reading list
Adam Grant outlines his top 10 leadership reading recommendations for the fall.
European Union
3 things to know about books and reading in Europe
In the European Union, books are rising in price more slowly than consumer goods – data from Eurostat shows.
Sweden
Pandemic and staycationing lift Swedish book sales to record levels
Book sales in Sweden are at an all-time high in the first half of 2021 as people travelled less and entertained themselves more at home due to COVID-19.
Future of Media, Entertainment and Sport
4 things to know about the future of media and entertainment
After some unprecedented slumps due to COVID-19, the global entertainment and media industry is set to rebound strongly, a new report says.
COVID-19
Plagues and classical history – what the humanities will tell us about COVID in years to come
Arts and humanities scholarship will have much to offer as we reflect long into the future on the COVID-19 pandemic, writes a classics professor.
Arts and Culture
These are some of the spectacular additions to Unesco’s World Heritage sites
From ancient to modern, the macabre to the eclectic, here are this year’s additions to the global list of the planet’s culturally significant places.
Arts and Culture
AI spots shipwrecks from the ocean surface – and even from the air
Underwater archaeology is incredibly dangerous and expensive but a new model can map shipwrecks with 92% accuracy, reducing time, costs and risks involved.
Restoring ocean life
Radio Davos summer special: why sharks are our friends and how music can reforest the world
Forget Sharknado: sharks are actually vital to the ocean and the planet. Radio Davos also hears how streaming music can help reforest parts of Africa.
Arts and Culture
Action! How movies are helping young people fight climate change and other global challenges
Movies can make you laugh, cry, and think differently about life. It’s no surprise that climate change movies are helping activists spread their message.