A declining city is one that has been losing its economic base and population over a long period, usually because the industries it was built on, such as mining, steel or shipbuilding, have collapsed and nothing has replaced them.

From the late 1950s, Sweden paid relocation allowances to residents of its declining industrial north who moved south for work. In Bilbao, after the collapse of its steel and shipbuilding industries in the 1980s, the Basque government invested in regeneration, including a new metro, an airport, a river cleanup and the Guggenheim Museum.

A no fault insurance scheme is a type of insurance policy where the insured party can have their claim approved without needing to prove who was at fault for the damages. No fault insurance is used in many jurisdictions and across different types of claims. For example, it is sometimes used in motor vehicle accidents - everyone who uses a car is required to pay an insurance premium so that, if they get into an accident, they can immediately claim from their insurer and pay for damages, without having to prove who was at fault.

Humanity has invented a machine that will definitively determine whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe.

Public digital journaling is posting diary style personal writing (reflections on your daily life, feelings and relationships) on platforms anyone can read or subscribe, such as Substack.

Whenever someone wants to seek asylum, it is claimed in person, either at the port of entry or at a designated office of the host state’s immigration authority, where the applicant is registered, identified and screened. The period in question begins at this point of lodgement and runs until a first-instance decision is issued. In many states this period stretches well beyond a year. Most states currently delay or condition labour market access during this period. 

The EU requires member states to permit work once applicants have waited six months for an initial decision. The UK is more restrictive: applicants must wait 12 months, and from March 2026 may only take occupations at graduate level (RQF 6) or above on an approved list. A smaller group of states already grants access from lodgement: in Canada, Australia, Portugal and Sweden, applicants may work immediately on filing their claim, subject to conditions such as identity verification.

A "chill life" is a relaxed, low stress way of living that values comfort and peace over ambition and constant busyness. Over the past few years, social media has filled up with versions of it: "soft life," "slow living," "lazy girl jobs," "quiet quitting," "bed rotting," “the FIRE movement”, “cottagecore”, "romanticise your life," and endless cozy morning, matcha and linen sheets content.