Sarina Wiegman’s side must respect opponents who smashed Germany and are a model of tournament consistency The homeless man lies in the doorway of England’s team hotel every morning and every night. The players pass him as they go to training and pass him again as they come back at...
The Open 2025: first round updates from Royal Portrush – live
Latest updates from the opening day of the 153rd Open Live official leaderboard | And you can drop Scott a mail Padraig Harrington bogeys the par-three 3rd as well. Two putts from 42 feet far from a gimme … and he doesn’t make them. His place at the top is...
Astronomers see formation of new solar system around distant sun for first time
Seeds of rocky planets forming in gas around star Hops-315 is called glimpse of ‘time zero’, when new worlds start to gel Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own...
‘We’d never heard of it’: a woman tells of daughter’s death from mitochondrial disease
Liz Curtis describes how the loss of Lily drove her to set up a foundation that funded a gene test for the condition Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people When I had my 20-week scan, Lily had a strange heartbeat. It would beat and then...
Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve
The country, beset by war, has the world’s lowest rates of vaccination, says the World Health Organization, as global immunisation drive also stalls Children in Sudan, caught up in what aid organisations have called the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and threatened by rising levels of violence, are increasingly vulnerable to...
Dandelion-like ‘Welsh dodo’ plant continues to hold on in secret location
Thought extinct in wild until three plants were found in 2002, Snowdonia hawkweed numbers have risen to six One of the rarest plants in the world is growing at a secret location on the edge of Eryri in north Wales. The Snowdonia hawkweed (Hieracium snowdoniense) is a small plant, barely...
Oxford University Press to stop publishing China-sponsored science journal
Move follows concerns several papers in Forensic Sciences Research did not meet ethical standards on DNA collection Oxford University Press (OUP) will no longer publish a controversial academic journal sponsored by China’s Ministry of Justice after years of concerns that several papers in the publication did not meet ethical standards...
Two black holes collide, lab-grown organs, world’s first climate visa – podcast
Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample to discuss three intriguing science and environment stories. From a breakthrough in the quest to create organs in the lab to a world-first climate visa that will see citizens relocate from the island of Tuvalu to Australia, plus what happens when two massive...
Even Neanderthals had distinct preferences when it came to making dinner, study suggests
Analysis of bones from two caves shows prehistoric people butchered the same animals in different ways Nothing turns up the heat in a kitchen quite like debating the best way to chop an onion. Now researchers have found even our prehistoric cousins had distinct preferences when it came to preparing...