Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had died of natural causes while in California as part of...
Fraud, AI slop and huge profits: is science publishing broken? – podcast
Scientists are warning that academic publishing needs urgent reform in order to retain trust in the research system. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what has gone so wrong, and Dr Mark Hanson of the University of Exeter proposes some potential solutions Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by...
Ohio county agrees to $7M settlement over man’s death after jail guards restrained him, family says
The family of a man who died after being restrained in an Ohio county jail says they've reached a $7 million settlement with the county and are pushing officials there to prevent something like it from happening again
South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty in murder case after Biden reduced sentence to life
A local prosecutor in South Carolina plans to seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two bank employees was commuted to life in prison by President Joe Biden
5 homes collapse into the surf of the Outer Banks as hurricanes rumble in Atlantic
Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks have collapsed into the ocean
Trump-appointed US attorney in Nevada is disqualified from overseeing multiple criminal cases, court rules
Trump-appointed US attorney in Nevada is disqualified from overseeing multiple criminal cases, court rules
Court disqualifies Trump-appointed US attorney in Nevada from overseeing multiple criminal cases
A judge has barred the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Nevada from overseeing several criminal cases, ruling she is “not validly serving” as the state’s top federal prosecutor
Chunk wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week contest
Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years
Planned Parenthood closes Louisiana clinics after 40 years due to financial and political pressure
Louisiana's only two Planned Parenthood locations have closed after 40 years
LA running club monitors for immigration agents
Iris Delgado started the Huntington Park Run Club two years ago in her largely Latino suburb in the Los Angeles area to provide runners a way to connect to their community