As Ryder Cup fans throw beer at players’ wives, we investigate if fans’ conduct has got worse or changed little since ancient Athens when Plato bemoaned the mob The abuse hurled at Europe’s golfers in the Ryder Cup elicited gasps and dismay on both sides of the Atlantic. The crowd...
Trump casts shadow over Nobels as prize-awarding body warns academic freedom at risk
US president has proposed measures that Royal Swedish Academy of Science VP says will ‘have devastating effects’ One of the Nobel prize awarding bodies has warned that academic freedom is under threat in the US and elsewhere, with political interference risking long-lasting negative effects – as scientists get ready for...
‘Surprisingly creamy’: as a fermentista, how could I resist making ant yoghurt?
Findings of study into fermentation process behind dairy product could serve as toolkit for creating new foods Whether it is kombucha, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, or sourdough, today’s foodies are not short of fermented treats to tantalise their tastebuds. But for the adventurous, the menu may be about to get wilder....
Trump declares drug cartels operating in Caribbean unlawful combatants
President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels operating in the Caribbean are unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict.”
Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s
A new study shows that the world's most damaging wildfires are happening four times more often now compared to the 1980s
From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War
ACLU seeks release of Michigan immigrant held in custody despite life-threatening leukemia
Lawyers say federal authorities are keeping a Michigan man in custody in a deportation case, despite his life-threatening leukemia
Excavators find $1M in gold coins from shipwreck along Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’
A team of excavators has found $1 million in treasure from a centuries-old Spanish shipwreck off a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast.”
Woman sues Mississippi police over son’s killing
The mother of a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police in Mississippi is suing
Fundraiser for family of Michigan church gunman raises more than $275,000
A fundraiser for the family members of the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze has raised over $275,000