International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed across the world on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation by Soviet forces of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the Nazi German death camps. The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2005 establishing the day as an annual commemoration. (Gera, AP News)
Read MoreIn 2025, we surveyed opinions from almost 5,000 children across the UK aged 6-14 years old. Based on the most common responses and themes, we shortlisted three words—peace, AI, and resilience—and asked young people to vote for their preferred winning word. (Oxford University Press)
Read MoreHeinrich Himmler and other Third Reich occultists in the 1930s latched onto the strange idea that the Aryan race was not the product of evolution but descended from semidivine beings who left the heavens and established a secret civilization on Earth, possibly beneath Central Asia. (Breland, The Atlantic)
Read MoreAmanda Seyfried stars in the unorthodox movie musical, which traces Lee and her followers as they emigrate from England to North America in hopes of building a pure and harmonious society. (Ryan, USA Today)
Read MoreThe way sex is portrayed on television and in film is inauthentic and is causing Gen Z viewers to switch off, according to Olivia Wilde. The director and actor, 41, said that the way Hollywood has depicted sex “hasn’t been particularly realistic” for quite some time. (Ledwith, The Times)
Read MoreConcerned parents will make their argument in court this week when the first of several high-profile social media addiction lawsuits against Meta, TikTok and YouTube goes to trial. These suits will test the proposition of whether social media causes psychological harm… (Nix, The Washington Post)
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