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Cutting-edge medical imaging techniques have revealed that Jeremy Bentham, the Georgian philosopher and reformer, suffered from chronic toothache and a jaw riddled with arthritis.

The 225th anniversary of the organisation’s first publication is an opportunity to celebrate its unique contribution to our sense of place In his one-paragraph short story , On Exactitude in Science, Jorge Luis Borges imagines an empire in which the level of cartographical ambition is so high that a map is made on a one-to-one scale with the imperial territory. The quest for perfect accuracy doesn’t end well. But the earliest map-makers for Ordnance Survey, which this week marked the 225th anniversary of its first publication, might have empathised with the obsessive dedication. The 1801 OS map of Kent was 10 years in the making, its military-led production inspired by fears of Napoleonic invasion. But as Rachel Hewitt points out in Map of a Nation , her stirring account of the Ordnance Survey’s early years, its genesis also lay in an Enlightenment-based enthusiasm for comprehending and accurately representing reality. During the course of the 19th century, the entirety of the British isles was meticulously mapped through fog, rain, wind and sun, in what was described as “a wild and arduous exercise”. The surveyors, armed with theodolites, measuring chains and notebooks, saw themselves as footsoldiers serving in the ranks of Reason as they brought intellectual order to the landscape. Continue reading...

There were fears a restoration trial may not succeed when only six seedlings had emerged in April.

The gig economy is rapidly growing, and scholars are still working to understand the conditions gig workers encounter. Julieta Aguilar at the University of Kentucky, U.S., and Dr. Jeremy Reynolds at Purdue University, U.S., examined experiences of harassment in the gig economy. Their study, published on Nov. 4, 2026, in the journal PLOS One, found associations between race, gender, age and reported experiences of harassment, indicating that already precarious employment may be even more fraught for some workers.

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What vampire stories reveal about changing fears, identities and human nature

AI has made some awesome scientific discoveries. But now, questions are being raised about its accuracy

Anthropic is preparing to go public, and new documents show how the lab hopes to control its technology while also pushing the limits of what AI can do

It is possible to take lessons from exposure therapy and apply them outside the clinic, experts say