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This US neighborhood is full of hazardous air pollution. Can a network of sensors make ‘the invisible visible’?This US neighborhood is full of hazardous air pollution. Can a network of sensors make ‘the invisible visible’?

Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring Jose Luis Salas looks up at the ladder. “Are you ready?” he asks Shance Taylor, an environmental project manager who’s holding a white container, about the size of a shoebox, ...

A cage-fighting arena is just what Trump’s White House lawn needed. I have a suggestion on how to use it | Marina HydeA cage-fighting arena is just what Trump’s White House lawn needed. I have a suggestion on how to use it | Marina Hyde

The president’s new Craposseum is the perfect venue for Vance, Hegseth and others to battle for favour. Fight, fight, fight indeed On behalf of the US administration, the American embassy in London has published a notice advising the UK government not to ban social media for the under-16s. Thanks, but ...

Cat ladies aren’t that ‘crazy’ after all – the social science behind the stereotypeCat ladies aren’t that ‘crazy’ after all – the social science behind the stereotype

Felines have long been associated with feminine power – and these women are embracing a cliché used to bring them down To support 700 cats, you need roughly 1,350lbs of food a week. But that’s just the dry stuff, which isn’t a balanced enough diet for a cat. You also ...

‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?

In an often chilling new documentary, the chefs of brutal leaders from Idi Amin to Saddam Hussein, talk about their unusual lives behind the scenes Kim Jong-il loved pepperoni pizza. Saddam Hussein couldn’t resist a fish barbecue. Idi Amin reportedly had the capacity for an entire roasted goat. The menus ...

Izakaya economics: Japan’s traditional night out fights tooth and ale for survivalIzakaya economics: Japan’s traditional night out fights tooth and ale for survival

Hard times – and British-style pubs – are squeezing restaurant-bars that once thrived in cities everywhere. Can they innovate to keep pace with change? From rowdy spit-and-sawdust joints to dimly lit high-end eateries, from chains equipped with tablets to family-run holes in the wall, Japan’s izakaya restaurant-bars are as varied ...

‘We were going off the cliff’: Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil on inventing grunge – and losing Chris Cornell and Kurt Cobain‘We were going off the cliff’: Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil on inventing grunge – and losing Chris Cornell and Kurt Cobain

As he publishes a memoir, the pioneering guitarist talks about rejecting spandex and hair metal, his fears for breakthrough hit Black Hole Sun – and completing nine unfinished Soundgarden songs Kim Thayil has always felt like an outsider. For example: the Soundgarden guitarist has lived in Seattle, a city infamously ...