WTC format ‘as if designed on the back of a fag packet’ New 2025 edition includes tributes to Graham Thorpe Wisden hits the shelves this week and, as well as unveiling its latest batch of award winners, it has trained its sights on the International Cricket Council. The World Test...
Pundits’ showy partisanship reflects football’s embrace of fan-centric populism | Jonathan Liew
The coverage of Manchester United’s win over Lyon last week was just the latest sign that fandom is consuming everything Impartiality fan here – for my sins! – but you have to say Robbie Savage and Rio Ferdinand during the closing minutes of Manchester United v Lyon on Thursday night...
Wild chimpanzees filmed by scientists bonding over alcoholic fruit
Footage of apes consuming fermented breadfruit leads researchers to ask if it may shed light on origins of human feasting Humans have gathered to feast and enjoy a tipple together for thousands of years, but research suggests chimpanzees may also bond over a boozy treat. Wild chimpanzees in west Africa...
Help to reduce high blood pressure lowers dementia risk, study finds
Lifestyle changes and medications found to reduce risk of cognitive disease by about 15% People given intensive help to reduce their high blood pressure such as medication and coaching have a lower risk of dementia, researchers have found. According to the World Health Organization, 57 million people around the world...
Top cancer experts ‘being put off UK by politicians’ messaging on immigration’
Exclusive: Leaked report says high visa costs also derailing clinical trials and research, denying NHS life-saving drugs NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs ‘due to Brexit costs’ Children with cancer cannot wait’: human cost of clinical trial delays The world’s best cancer doctors, scientists and researchers are being put off...
Is ‘de-extinction’ really possible? – podcast
The American biotech company Colossal Biosciences recently made headlines around the world with claims it had resurrected the dire wolf, an animal that went extinct at the end of the last ice age. But does what the company has done amount to ‘de-extinction’ or should we instead think of these...
Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull, book reveals
Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan Hicks Oxford academics drank from a chalice made from a human skull for decades, a book that explores the violent colonial history of looted human remains has revealed. The skull-cup, fashioned from...
Logitech quietly raises prices on popular PC accessories by up to 25% after tariffs
In his video, Dougherty raises questions about the impact of ongoing tariffs and the future affordability of tech gear in the United States. Flagship products such as the Logitech MX Master 3S mouse and the K400 Plus Wireless Touch Keyboard were among those affected. The latter increased in price from......