Iowa has become the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code
Salmon, tribal sovereignty, and energy collide as US abandons Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement
Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled the federal government out of the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement — a deal struck in 2023 by the Biden administration between two states and four Indigenous nations aimed at restoring salmon populations and paving a way to remove four hydroelectric dams along the...
In Georgia, sheep on a solar farm is not a baaad idea
On a vast property in Lee County, in the heart of southwest Georgia, Tyler Huber raises sheep. As the flock grazes, the sheep need somewhere to take a break from the Georgia sun. “It is incredibly hot, the sun is just unavoidable, and the fact that they’ve got shade every...
What does climate change mean for agriculture? Less food, and more emissions
New research spotlights the challenge of growing food on a warming planet. Two recent studies — one historical and the other forward-looking — examine how rising temperatures have made and could continue to make agricultural production less efficient, fundamentally reshaping the global food system as producers try to adapt to hotter growing...
Mystery swirls around Bumrah as unchanged England overlook Archer for second Test
India yet to decide if fast bowler will play at Edgbaston Moeen Ali joins England backroom staff for the match One of the many delights of leafy south Birmingham is when an international cricket team is in town and residents stumble across them training on the Colts Ground at Edgbaston....
Lions’ first-choice half-backs will unite for first time against Queensland
Gibson-Park excited to be paired with Russell ‘He’s a hugely impressive player, isn’t he?’ Everyone connected with the British & Irish Lions is gutted for Tomos Williams, ruled out of the tour through injury at a horribly early stage. Not only had the Gloucester scrum-half been performing well but his...
Norris urges Silverstone fans not to cast Piastri as villain at British GP
McLaren teammates in two-horse race for F1 title Team principal backs Norris to triumph at Silverstone Lando Norris has urged fans at Silverstone not to cast his McLaren teammate and world championship rival, Oscar Piastri, as a villain at Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Norris won the Austrian GP in Spielberg...
Brain fade sees basketball player dunk in his own net to trigger double-overtime defeat
Amadou Seini scores in Australia’s basket at U19 World Cup Cameroon were six points up with less than a minute left Australia’s brightest men’s basketball prospects, including the younger brother of an NBA star, survived a double-overtime thriller to record their first victory 101-96 at the Fiba Under-19 World Cup...
Farewell tradition, hello robots: Wimbledon adjusts to life without line judges
After 147 years, the championships are using an AI system for greater accuracy but some fans prefer the old ‘drama’ Sometimes progress registers simply as absence, and so it was on the opening day of Wimbledon this year when the pursuit of greater accuracy led to the disappearance of the...
Manchester City knocked out of Club World Cup as Al-Hilal strike twice in extra time
Last 16: Manchester City 3-4 Al-Hilal (aet) Leonardo goal sets up quarter-final against Fluminense What a last-16 tie, what a triumph for Al-Hilal, what crushing disappointment for Manchester City who, as the contest aged, gradually lost shape and tempo and crumpled in this shock of the Club World Cup. The...