The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row – a trend mirrored across the world, with two-thirds of the global population now living in countries with below-replacement-level fertility. In the second episode of a two-part series, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dean Spears,...
Weatherwatch: Forecasting’s astrological origins
Weather forecasting was still banned under the 1735 Witchcraft Act when the Met Office was founded in 1854 Forecasting the weather used to be less scientific and more magical, to the point that practitioners could be accused of witchcraft. The mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy of Alexandria drew up tables of...
US drugmaker Merck scraps £1bn London research centre and cuts 125 science jobs
New blow to UK’s key life science sector as industry body says country is losing ground on investment and research The US drugmaker Merck has scrapped a £1bn London research centre and is laying off 125 scientists in the capital this year, in a big blow to the UK’s important...
Princeton doctoral student kidnapped in Iraq has been freed. ‘We both started sobbing,’ sister says
An Israeli-Russian doctoral student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released
US and European officials meet to discuss new sanctions on Russia
U.S. and European officials have met at the U.S. Treasury Department to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil
A firefighter dies after a cardiac emergency in the line of duty at the Grand Canyon
A firefighter has died after suffering a cardiac emergency while working at the site of a wildfire at the Grand Canyon
DeSantis’ step toward victory on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sets up a funding dilemma for Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a dilemma over the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades
Guided tours resume at the remote Hawaii leprosy settlement of Kalaupapa
A former leprosy settlement in a remote part of Hawaii that’s been closed to tours and religious pilgrimages is reopening this month
New York City police hunt for man suspected of killing elderly couple and burning their home
A New York City couple in their 70s was killed in what the police commissioner said was a “horrific double homicide, robbery and arson."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia wants asylum. The US wants to deport him. What to know
Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces an uncertain future