Pepsi withdraws from Wireless Festival sponsorship after Kanye West backlash

Pepsi withdraws from Wireless Festival sponsorship after Kanye West backlash

Pepsi and Diageo have withdrawn sponsorship of the Wireless Festival following backlash over Kanye West’s headline act. Critics cite his past antisemitic remarks, prompting calls from politicians to bar his UK entry. The controversy highlights debates on accountability and platforming in cultural events, with West’s performance now uncertain. Pepsi has withdrawn as the main sponsor…

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One of psychology’s darkest human experiments: ‘Little Albert’ terrified for science in infamous 1920 study |

One of psychology’s darkest human experiments: ‘Little Albert’ terrified for science in infamous 1920 study |

The Little Albert experiment studied whether human fear responses could be learned through classical conditioning/ Image: Screengrab Youtube At a time when psychology was trying to establish itself as a rigorous science, researchers were increasingly drawn to experiments that could demonstrate clear, observable laws of behaviour. One of the most influential ideas came from Ivan…

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Taste the soil: London’s Museum of Edible Earth invites visitors to eat dirt from around the world | World News

Taste the soil: London’s Museum of Edible Earth invites visitors to eat dirt from around the world | World News

At first glance, it sounds like a stunt, but in central London, visitors are being invited to do something surprisingly rooted in human history: taste soil. The Museum of Edible Earth, currently on display at Somerset House, brings together edible earth samples from across the globe and turns them into a sensory, educational experience. Far…

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Mystery Of Lost Spanish Colony: A 440-year-old coin just solved the mystery of a lost Spanish colony in Chile | World News

Mystery Of Lost Spanish Colony: A 440-year-old coin just solved the mystery of a lost Spanish colony in Chile | World News

The coordinates of the doomed Spanish settlement, Rey Don Felipe, remained a mystery to the maritime world for over four centuries. Recently, however, archaeologists in southern Chile uncovered a 440-year-old silver coin that serves as a definitive geographic anchor where this doomed colony was located. The coin, which was found using advanced metal detection, is…

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Pacific Warming: NOAA warns: Super El Niño may form in 2026 amid unusual Pacific warming and rising risk of extreme global weather patterns | World News

Pacific Warming: NOAA warns: Super El Niño may form in 2026 amid unusual Pacific warming and rising risk of extreme global weather patterns | World News

The climate forecasts about the region surrounding the Pacific Ocean point to an emergence of change in the global climate. Currently, the La Niña state appears to be weakening. As such, there has been speculation that the year may end up witnessing the emergence of an El Niño phenomenon towards the latter part of 2026….

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