Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and Guardian science editor Ian Sample to talk through three eye-catching stories from the week, including the news that the number of years people in the UK are spending in good health has declined compared with a decade ago. Also on the agenda is...
Active-duty US soldiers to receive MDMA therapy for PTSD next year
Hope that sessions of MDMA-assisted therapy could help soldiers fight longer by helping them process trauma A new doctrine could soon take hold in part of the US war on drugs: psychedelic drugs for active-duty soldiers suffering from PTSD. In two studies funded by the Department of Defense (DoD), 186...
New Zealand appeals court rejects bid by Brenton Tarrant to withdraw his guilty pleas for Christchurch mosque shootings
New Zealand appeals court rejects bid by Brenton Tarrant to withdraw his guilty pleas for Christchurch mosque shootings
Head of organization overseeing nuclear test ban treaty issues warning to US and Russia
The head of the organization overseeing a treaty banning nuclear testing is warning that if the United States, Russia or any other nation goes ahead with a test, other nations will follow
Man guilty of killing his 13-year-old step-niece is set to be Florida’s 6th execution of 2026
A man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death is set to be executed in Florida
The Black Caucus is the ‘conscience of Congress.’ Supreme Court ruling has it bracing for a big hit
Black members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shakeup of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act that had protected minority communities in political redistricting and helped boost their representa...
Hegseth faces a second day of Democrats grilling him over the Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to face a second day of grilling from Democrats on Capitol Hill
A North Texas man faces execution as his cousin claims he was the shooter
A North Texas man who claims he wasn’t the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who says prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his death sentence is facing execution
‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner push for protective orders against each other
Attorneys for reality TV star Taylor Frankie Paul and the father of her 2-year-old son are set to present dueling petitions for protective orders against each other
Exonerees struggle to rebuild their lives and gain lasting employment
People who are wrongfully incarcerated then exonerated, sometimes after spending decades behind bars, face yet more challenges finding jobs and rebuilding their lives after their release