‘We will see huge amount of damage from social media’ England captain’s 100th cap in crunch clash with Ireland The England captain, Maro Itoje, has warned of the corrosive effect of social media on professional athletes and wider society before the crucial Six Nations encounter with Ireland on Saturday. Itoje...
‘That was fun’: Keely Hodgkinson smashes world record set on day she was born
Olympic champion breaks indoor 800m mark in France Former record set 24 years ago on Hodgkinson’s birthday Britain’s Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson obliterated the world indoor 800m record, which has stood since 2002, by nearly a second in a stunning performance in Liévin. Hodgkinson had made no secret that she...
Britain’s curlers guarantee a medal as Mouat holds his nerve against Swiss
Team GB men’s team edge tense semi-final battle 8-5 They go for gold in Saturday’s final against Canada Call it the Cortina Comeback. At nine o’clock on Thursday morning, Great Britain’s men’s curling team didn’t even know whether they would be in the Olympic semi-finals. By nine o’clock on Thursday...
The ‘guinea pigs’ who had face transplant surgery – podcast
Face transplant patient Robert Chelsea and writer Fay Bound Alberti talk through the promise – and darker side – of this pioneering surgery In 2019, Robert Chelsea made medical history, becoming the first black patient to ever have a full face transplant. He had previously suffered from a devastating car...
Psychedelics for depression, dart frog poison and why do we have chins? – podcast
Madeleine Finlay sits down with science editor Ian Sample and science correspondent Nicola Davis to discuss three eye-catching stories, including the impact of a powerful psychedelic on depression, answers on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and an explanation to the mystery of why humans have chins Single...
‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science
As Trump slashes science funding, young researchers flee abroad. Without solid innovation, the US could cease to have the largest biomedical ecosystem in the world In April 2025, less than three months after Donald Trump returned to the White House, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put...
Inside voice: what can our thoughts reveal about the nature of consciousness?
Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences What was I thinking? This is not as easy or straightforward a question as I would have thought. As soon as you try to record and categorise the contents of your consciousness – the...
Microsoft tests new Windows AI in the taskbar and File Explorer
At the center of this effort is a new feature called Ask Copilot, which effectively turns the traditional Windows search bar into a gateway for Microsoft 365's AI services. Once enabled, it replaces Windows Search and introduces an @ command syntax that feels closer to tagging someone in a chat......