Doctors in the UK have announced the birth of eight healthy babies after performing a groundbreaking procedure that creates IVF embryos with DNA from three people. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay about the life-threatening genetic disorders that the technique appears to prevent, and Prof Sir Doug Turnbull describes the 25-year...
Hundreds of Nasa workers rebuke ‘arbitrary’ Trump cuts in scathing letter
Nearly 300 current and former employees signed the letter criticizing the ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at the agency Almost 300 current and former US Nasa employees, including at least four astronauts, have issued a scathing dissent opposing the Trump administration’s sweeping and indiscriminate cuts to the agency, which they say...
The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches
Republicans are encountering some early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party’s majority next year
Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways
A diverse group of volunteers from faith leaders to grandmothers to retired lawyers have been escorting people to immigration courts across the country
Four teens stabbed during a ‘pop-up’ rave party in Oregon, police say
Police say four teenagers were stabbed during a “pop-up” rave party in Oregon
1 killed and 2 missing after a group is swept over an Oregon waterfall
Authorities say one person is dead two missing after a group of people went over an Oregon waterfall
Off-duty Border Patrol agent shot in a Manhattan park in apparent botched robbery, police say
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has been shot in a Manhattan park in what authorities say was an apparent botched robbery
Suspect arrested after car crashes into post office and catches fire
A car crashed into a post office in San Jose, building catches fire.
Suspect in Los Angeles car-ramming incident has a criminal history and was on parole, police say
Officials say a man suspected of driving his car into a crowd on a sidewalk in Los Angeles, injuring 36 people, has a criminal history that includes a conviction for felony battery
Superbugs could kill millions more and cost $2tn a year by 2050, models show
Exclusive: Research on burden of antibiotic resistance for 122 countries predicts dire economic and health outcomes Superbugs could cause millions more people to die worldwide and cost the global economy just under $2tn a year by 2050, modelling shows. A UK government-funded study shows that without concerted action, increased rates...