The rarity of phosphorus makes it the single most limiting factor for the growth of biomass on Earth. It is, as Isaac Asimov puts it, ‘life’s bottleneck’ – the toll which must be paid by all matter ...

Since the disputed elections of October 2024, protesters have gathered daily in front of the Georgian parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi. These days they wear creative face ...

Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst who worked for some years as an NHS child psychotherapist. His books include Winnicott, On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored, Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived ...

The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of ...

Under the policy of Staatsräson, which has made the defence of Israel a central pillar of the German state, the ...

In the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land ...

What is the missing noun to which English refers: literature, language or both? If both, does English belong with ...

D onald Trump ​ likes to tell us that ‘tariff’ is ‘the most beautiful word in the dictionary’. He does not remind us that the ...

The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of books and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of ...

The main component of cigarette filters is a plastic, cellulose acetate, and trillions of butts are discarded into ...

Seas are repetitive creatures, working in cycles of tides, migration and climate change, which is normally to say ...