⚽ All the latest news from day 15 of the tournament⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Taha Amid all the best third-placed teams confusion … Bosnia and Herzegovina have made it through to the last 32. Ben Fisher watched them beat Qatar: Curaçao v Côte d’Ivoire...
A scientist says he can scan prisoners’ brains for signs of evil. Did his disputed science put a man on death row?
Kent Kiehl convinced the US legal system he can find violence in prisoners’ brains. His theories have been since used by defense lawyers – with grave consequences for prisoners Continue reading...
Nature or nurture: can genes shape our behaviour? – podcast
How much do our genes determine about our lives, and could they influence traits like risk-taking, antisocial behaviour or even violence? Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies how genetic factors shape human behaviour....
Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre
The glittering image, taken by the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, heralds a new age of planetary discovery The dazzling sight of more than 60m stars at the heart of Earth’s galaxy has been captured by a space telescope designed to reveal the mysterious dark forces that shape the universe....
Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars
Perseverance identifies organic carbon molecules in rocks on riverbed that carried water billions of years ago Nasa’s Perseverance rover has detected complex carbon molecules in Martian rocks that are already in the spotlight for bearing potential signatures of ancient microbial life. Measurements taken by the rover’s Sherloc instrument identified organic...