A three-horse race has witnessed a faller. This most magical of Hearts seasons has edged closer to delivering the ultimate prize, an outcome that would shake Scottish football to its very foundations. This was a game Rangers and their manager, Danny Röhl, dare not lose. They did, courtesy of a...
Bullish Arteta urges Arsenal to ‘make next step’ as Atlético battle resumes
A first Champions League final in 20 years is within touching distance, but a difficult tie is not over yet Mikel Arteta can be forgiven for never missing the chance to remind everyone that these are unprecedented times for Arsenal. As his side prepares to face Atlético Madrid in the...
Wu Yize beats Shaun Murphy in thrilling final frame to win World Snooker Championship
Wu claims title 18-17 with decisive break of 85 The 22-year-old is the second-youngest champion ever As the ticker tape rained down on Wu Yize and the Chinese flag was draped over the shoulders of snooker’s newest superstar as he clutched the game’s most famous prize, it was hard not...
Guardiola frustrated as hopes of City taking Arsenal to wire left in critical condition | Jamie Jackson
Sluggish Manchester City failed to get the win they needed and have left themselves with a lot to do to regain title Bedlam here, utter bedlam – particularly the finish when Jérémy Doku’s 97th-minute right-foot curler grabbed Manchester City a 3-3 draw with Everton. Yet, the bottom line is this:...
Starwatch: Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts into the skies
Best seen before dawn, the shower will reach its peak on the night of 5–6 May The Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts upon the skies this week, reaching its peak on the night of 5–6 May. Best seen before dawn, the chart shows the view looking east from London at...
Nasa brought crashing down to earth as budget threat follows lunar success
Artemis II inspired the public but the Trump administration wants to slash the science underpinning human spaceflight It should have been a victory lap for Jared Isaacman. The Nasa administrator was in Washington DC for what he surely hoped would be a celebration with lawmakers and the US president, little...
Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away
On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker Astronomers have discovered 27 new potential planets that orbit two stars, like the fictional desert planet Tatooine from the Star Wars universe. To date, only about 18...
‘Historic breakthrough’: could the fossil fuel era be coming to an end? – podcast
The transition towards renewable energy received a boost last week when representatives from 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a world-first climate meeting aimed at bringing the fossil fuels era to an end. Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jon Watts, about how the landmark...
A game-changer for good health? Scientists believe ‘we are when we eat’ | Devi Sridhar
Decades of advice on what to eat and what not to might have been missing one key ingredient, according to new research Reduce your calories. Eat more vegetables. Limit soft drinks and junk foods. For years, even decades, this has been the advice for those wanting a healthy body weight,...
Man produces sperm from testicular tissue frozen as a child in breakthrough trial
Exclusive: Sperm re-transplant offers hope that boys left infertile by chemotherapy could have biological children one day In a groundbreaking fertility trial, a man whose testicular tissue was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy as a child to be re-transplanted 16 years later has been able to produce sperm. It is...