The Ethicalist

1 week ago | theethicalist.com | Araceli Gallego

Fashion Revolution Week UAE 2025 is all about reimagining the fashion industry from the ground up. Marking the 11th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy – when 1,134 garment workers were killed in Bangladesh when an 8-story building collapsed due to structural failure – this year’s theme, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’, underscores the power of community-driven change and the need to redesign fashion with ethics, equity, and environmental care at its core.

1 week ago | theethicalist.com | Nick Ames

Katy Perry and an all-female crew have rocketed into space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin craft and touched down in a reusable capsule powered by a booster which can also be redeployed . During the 11-minute flight, the New Shepard capsule reached an altitude of 100km and crossed the Karman Line, used as the boundary of the Earth’s atmosphere and the realm of space.

1 week ago | theethicalist.com | Anthea Ayache

Walking towards Feldsee Lake in the heart of Germany’s Southern Black Forest, feels like stepping into a story book. The woodland trail crunches beneath my feet as a tapestry of burnt orange, gold, and rust-coloured leaves rustle and scatter across the forest floor. Treading carefully over broken twigs and the soft remains of autumn, I gaze up at oak, beech, and maple trees stretching overhead, their branches forming a canopy that drips softly under the persistent drizzle.

1 week ago | theethicalist.com | Nick Ames

A US company says it has resurrected extinct prehistoric dire wolves, heavily featured in the TV series ‘Game of Thrones’. The animal was one of the most formidable predators during the last Ice Age, possessing a heavier body and a larger skull than those of modern wolves. The species went extinct along with many others as the Ice Age ended.

1 week ago | theethicalist.com | Josh Sims

Talk about love as a topic of scientific research and you’ll likely get the same reaction that Jen Shang does. ‘People tend to think of it as being too warm and fluffy for science, yet ‘love’ is a concept that people use all the time in their daily experience, especially when we give,’ says the London-based psychologist. ‘Sadly psychology tends to be problem-focused in its mindset, because that’s where the funding is.