The family of a Nevada inmate who died in custody in December 2023 is disputing the official account of his death
Philadelphia jury convicts suburban man of killing Temple University officer
A Philadelphia jury has convicted a suburban man of killing a Temple University police officer who chased him down as a suspect in a series of carjackings
Former Venezuela spymaster pleads guilty to narcoterrorism charge ahead of trial
A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez has pleaded guilty to narco-terrorist charges
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for a woman’s murder in 1976
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976
Equivalent of one child in every British classroom now born via IVF, data shows
Proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment up by more than a third in a decade, figures reveal The proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment in the UK has increased by more than a third in a decade, with the equivalent of one child in every classroom...
James Webb telescope captures direct images of Saturn-sized exoplanet
TWA 7b is 110 light years away and by far the smallest-mass planet to be observed by direct imagery The James Webb space telescope has captured unprecedented direct images of a planet beyond our own solar system, in its first exoplanet discovery. The observations reveal a planet, which has been...
India, Poland and Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission
Countries send their first astronauts in decades into space on Axiom Mission 4, along with US commander A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades....
Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems
UK health officials launch study into side-effects of weight loss drugs after increased reports of acute pancreatitis Hundreds of people have reported problems with their pancreas linked to taking weight loss and diabetes injections, prompting health officials to launch a study into side-effects. Some cases of pancreatitis reported to be...
Overfishing has caused cod to halve in body size since 1990s, study finds
Evolutionary change driven by intensive fishing led cod to ‘shrink’ from average 40cm length in 1996 to 20cm in 2019 Overfishing has led to a collapse in the eastern Baltic cod population, but over the past three decades the size of the fish themselves has also been dramatically and mysteriously...
‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome – podcast
It has been 25 years since Bill Clinton announced one of humanity’s most important scientific achievements: the first draft of the human genome. At the time, there was a great deal of excitement about the benefits that this new knowledge would bring, with predictions about curing genetic diseases and even...