Oil prices are higher and Asian shares are mixed, with markets in Tokyo and Seoul rebounding from early losses
Supreme Court justices to testify before Congress on increasing security funding in rare appearance
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are set to appear before Congress
Subpoenas issued to reporters seen as ‘unprecedented’ threat to press freedom
Media advocates have reacted with alarm to subpoenas issued to five New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns about the new Air Force One
Giving nature a say: why Scottish marine scientists appointed the ocean to their board
As the rights of nature are increasingly being recognised, the Scottish Association for Marine Science is the latest organisation to make the ocean a trustee In a boardroom in an office building in Oban, a picturesque town on the west coast of Scotland, trustees attending meetings have long been able...
Fungi: the invisible force protecting our planet – podcast
Scientists often talk about the importance of flora and fauna to the health of our planet, but Dr Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist and founder of the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, wants us to consider another force: fungi. Her work charting the planet’s vital underground systems has...
Heat can be deadly, but sunshine itself? Science says we could use more of it | Rowan Jacobsen
Extreme exposure should be avoided, but we’ve gone too far the other way – enjoyed safely, the sun can have enormous health benefits High summer has returned to the UK, and with it, the usual warnings about the dangers of sunlight and reminders to seek shade and cover up. After...
Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists
Palaeontologists warn before auction at Sotheby’s in New York that super-rich collectors are harming research With its dagger-like teeth, bone-crushing bite and behemothic size, the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex ruled western North America during the late Cretaceous period. Now its fossilised remains are about to dominate the auction house, with a...
Bahrain sounds its missile alert sirens for a second time as Iran retaliates over US airstrikes
Bahrain sounds its missile alert sirens for a second time as Iran retaliates over US airstrikes
Senate returns to Washington after Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death with uncertain agenda
Senate Republicans will return to Washington with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally with President Donald Trump
Who could replace Lindsey Graham? South Carolina’s next steps after senator’s death
Sen. Lindsey Graham's death has sparked a political scramble in South Carolina