Everyday Life

The Pentagon has announced plans to livestream a U.S. military execution. But public executions are not new. This explainer separates three questions that often get mixed up: whether the death penalty exists, how executions are carried out, and who gets to watch. From Hammurabi's laws and London's public executions to two different paths of reform, the world map of abolition, the 2025 execution figures and what they leave out, the arguments on both sides, what deterrence research can and cannot show, and what a broadcast would – and would not – change.

You've got the keys – but the fridge is empty, there's no Wi-Fi, and toilet paper doesn't come with the apartment. Robo is moving out for the first time. Here's where to start: what you can really afford, what to check before you sign, which protection questions matter, what to buy for the first night, what to organise on moving day – and the routine nobody sells in a moving box.

Why does a childhood summer feel endless, while an adult year can seem to disappear? Your brain doesn't experience time like a clock. Robo waits for a download, loses himself in a hobby, lives a routine week and a week full of new things – and shows why "how fast time feels now" and "how long it seems looking back" are two different questions.

"Your bank account will be blocked. Tap here to confirm your details." It looks official – and you want to fix the problem right away. Before you tap, try one simple habit: pause, and check another way.