Wooden figures form a wide circle linked by coral cord and multiple teal braids representing friendship breadth and intimacy.

Lifestyle

A new friendship study challenges the ‘wide or close’ trade-off

Across five studies with 5,707 participants, wanting a wider friendship network went with wanting intimacy with more friends. The scale measures preferences, not proof that people can sustain both. We unpack the numbers behind the shift.

By Hannah Wright 5 min read Updated 2 September 2026, 17:59 UTC

Unbranded electric pressure washer with a coiled hose and disconnected power cord on a dry patio.

Five U.S. pressure washer recalls make the power cord the first check

The CPSC recalled 4,335 YERYORK, Steelite, Workbless, SUGIFT and COMMOWNER electric machines in August. The affected washers lack integral GFCI protection and have inadequate-length cords.

Hannah Wright5 min

Conceptual scored tablet above a dissolution dish, framed by round and crescent red cells for sickle cell medicine access.

WHO's sickle cell push starts with the shape of a tablet

New guidance says hydroxyurea should reach far more children, but the next gap is practical: dose-flexible medicine that manufacturers can supply and health systems can support.

Hannah Wright5 min

Money

Conceptual UK consumer credit notice moves from a burgundy rulebook toward three modular rule cards.

Britain’s credit paperwork is set for a rewrite. Section 75 stays put for now

The government wants many loan, card and overdraft notices recast as future FCA rules, while connected-lender liability and unfair-relationship provisions remain in law. Nothing has changed for borrowers yet.

Hannah Wright5 min

Conceptual blank mini-bond tablet sits beside an asset model and three open regulatory protection frames.

The regulated name beside a UK mini-bond is not its safety net

Hannah Wright5 min

Conceptual blank settlement calendar joins a teal ownership tile and ivory payment puck beside a model securities exchange.

Britain’s share-trade clock is set to lose a day. The order screen is only the start

Hannah Wright5 min

Travel

Conceptual Singapore e-Pass tile rests on a stay-date rail beside an open unstamped passport.

Singapore stopped stamping short-term visitors’ passports. The e-Pass email carries the date that matters

Hannah Wright6 min

A hand checks one blank Italian rail journey segment over branching tracks beneath an amber inspection frame.

Italy's September rail strikes start with the train number

Hannah Wright5 min

Symbolic clean-air marker faces a car where roads split around a stylised French city zone.

France’s Crit’Air sticker check belongs in the route plan, not at the city gate

Hannah Wright6 min

Tech

Conceptual Intune Remote Help session passing an identity token through a permission gate toward an unattended office laptop

Microsoft's unattended Windows support needs a tighter permission list

Intune Remote Help can now let an authorised helper open a separate session on a managed corporate PC without the employee being there. The controls are real, but they need deliberate setup.

Hannah Wright5 min

Conceptual Android app verification checkpoint linking a package to an identity medallion and signing-key token above a phone

Android's developer check verifies the maker, not the app

Hannah Wright6 min

Unbranded smartwatch battery lifted from a sealed case in a professional repair cradle

EU battery exception would shift some wearable repairs to professionals

Hannah Wright6 min

Space

Conceptual cutaway of NASA's DSS-23 deep-space radio dish routing a signal to an underground receiver room.

NASA's new deep-space dish keeps its sensitive receivers underground

Hannah Wright5 min

A conceptual Pandora telescope separates light from a transiting exoplanet and its spotted host star.

NASA's Pandora is watching the stars that can imitate exoplanet atmospheres

Hannah Wright5 min

A conceptual Milky Way reconstruction links three globular cluster populations to an incoming ancient dwarf galaxy.

The Milky Way's 11.8-billion-year-old merger survives in its star clusters

Hannah Wright5 min

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Wooden figures form a wide circle linked by coral cord and multiple teal braids representing friendship breadth and intimacy.

A new friendship study challenges the ‘wide or close’ trade-off

Across five studies with 5,707 participants, wanting a wider friendship network went with wanting intimacy with more friends. The scale measures preferences, not proof that people can sustain both.

Hannah Wright5 min

An orange fabric loop links sandwich-generation cues: a miniature yellow backpack, two house keys and reading glasses on separate planners.

America's sandwich generation is a family map, not one caregiving story

Hannah Wright6 min

A school backpack sits inside photo crop corners while a face-down name board and blank house plate remain outside.

Before you post the first-day school photo, edit the clues around it

Hannah Wright6 min

Health

Conceptual scored tablet above a dissolution dish, framed by round and crescent red cells for sickle cell medicine access.

WHO's sickle cell push starts with the shape of a tablet

Hannah Wright5 min

Conceptual outbreak timeline with delayed case markers arriving beyond a transparent present-time divider.

Why the newest measles count can be the least complete

Hannah Wright5 min

Conceptual clinic sanitation area with an accessible toilet, handwashing basin and cleaning trolley.

The health-facility sanitation gap is bigger than a missing toilet

Hannah Wright5 min

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Unbranded electric pressure washer with a coiled hose and disconnected power cord on a dry patio.

Five U.S. pressure washer recalls make the power cord the first check

The CPSC recalled 4,335 YERYORK, Steelite, Workbless, SUGIFT and COMMOWNER electric machines in August. The affected washers lack integral GFCI protection and have inadequate-length cords.

Hannah Wright5 min

Beaded solar-shade chain passing through an unbranded wall tension device beside a plain replacement-parts envelope.

Canada's SANA solar-shade recall comes down to the chain tension device

Hannah Wright5 min

Unbranded wheeled portable power station beside a phone with an abstract update ring, illustrating the U.S. YETI 3000X recall.

The U.S. YETI 3000X recall turns a phone update into the repair

Hannah Wright4 min