Paraguay stun Germany, Morocco send Dutch home Email us | Bracketology | Golden Boot standings Our graphics boffins have produced this neat little playable guide to the penalties in yesterday’s Germany v Paraguay shootout, a handy pointer to what type of kicks succeed and fail, which I fully intend to...
Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know – podcast
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC has hardly been out of the news since April when President Trump vowed to have it renovated, and painted ‘American flag blue’ by 4 July. Despite the pool being stripped, cleaned, coated and refilled, within days the algae that has plagued it...
Tiny Antarctic sea creature could be key to treating melanoma, researchers say
Underwater expedition by Florida-based team supports possible therapeutic use of bacterial toxins from sea squirts Researchers at a Florida university say bacterial toxins produced by tiny marine organisms they have studied in Antarctica could become an effective treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. A team from the...