Authorities say a mountain lion attacked and wounded an 11-year-old girl outside her family’s home in Malibu, California, then chased her mother before it was scared off
Former K-9 busy as a bee sniffing out threats to Michigan State University colonies
Researchers at a Michigan State University facility dedicated to protecting honey bees are enlisting a four-legged ally to sniff out danger to the prized pollinators
Off-the-shelf vaccine shows promise in preventing cancers returning, study finds
Non-mRNA jab targeting common mutations in pancreatic and bowel cancers could lower risk of relapse An off-the-shelf vaccine has shown promise in preventing the return of pancreatic and colorectal cancer, researchers have revealed. Cancer vaccines have been the subject of promising research in recent years. The NHS in England has...
How the University of Edinburgh helped create scientific racism – podcast
Will the University of Edinburgh confront its dark past? Severin Carrell reports The University of Edinburgh has released a report examining its 400-year history and its connections to slavery, colonialism and the development of scientific racism. The Guardian’s Scotland editor, Severin Carrell, explains to Nosheen Iqbal how these findings will...
Tiny fireball that crashed into Georgia home is 4.56bn-year-old meteorite, say experts
Cherry tomato-sized space rock that pierced roof and hit floor of metro Atlanta home is 20m years older than Earth A cherry tomato-sized fireball that crashed through the roof of a metro Atlanta house in June was a meteorite 20m years older than Earth, a scientist has determined. In a...
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 07-14-23-24-60, Powerball: 14
4 children, 2 adults killed when fire rips through house in Maryland
Authorities say four children and two adults were killed when fire ripped through a house in Charles County, Maryland
Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law
A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments on whether military troops deployed this summer by the Trump administration to Los Angeles violated a federal law that bars troops from conducting law enforcement duties within the country
Hundreds honor security guard killed in New York office tower shooting
The life of Aland Etienne, the security guard who was killed last month at a Manhattan office tower, is being remembered
A Congolese refugee’s 8-year struggle to reunite with her family in the US
A Congolese refugee who had been separated from her family for eight years was on the verge of joining them in the United States when President Donald Trump halted the refugee program in January