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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

I saw ​ the end of it then, I mean the end of it as it was, as my mother told the story of my father’s sudden deafness. The ...

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

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 ...