As a companion to the Guardian’s Missing in the Amazon podcast, global environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the question Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how can we save the Amazon? In the final episode of a three-part series, Jon encounters a radical...
Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year
Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath Australian researchers have developed a prototype methanol “breathalyser” capable of detecting small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath. Methanol poisoning is a problem that affects thousands...
Fossils found in 1970s are most recent ancestor of tyrannosaurs, scientists say
Researchers identify new species named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis from skeletons unearthed in Mongolia Tyrannosaurs might evoke images of serrated teeth, massive bodies and powerful tails, but their most recent ancestor yet discovered was a slender, fleet-footed beast of rather more modest size. Experts say the new species – identified from two...
Sun’s south pole revealed for first time, in images from Solar Orbiter spacecraft
Groundbreaking observations map chaotic patchwork of magnetic activity, said to be key to understanding how sun’s field flips The sun’s uncharted south pole has been revealed for the first time in striking images beamed back from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Nasa mission swooped...
Researchers create AI-based tool that restores age-damaged artworks in hours
By slashing time and cost of restoration, technique could be used on paintings not valuable enough for traditional approach The centuries can leave their mark on oil paintings as wear and tear and natural ageing produce cracks, discoloration and patches where pieces of pigment have flaked off. Repairing the damage...
US Justice Department says Trump can cancel national monuments that protect landscapes
Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites
Authorities believe they spotted Travis Decker, ex-soldier wanted in deaths of 3 daughters, in Washington backcountry
Authorities believe they spotted Travis Decker, ex-soldier wanted in deaths of 3 daughters, in Washington backcountry
Army restores the names of seven bases that lost their Confederate-linked names under Biden
Seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders are all reverting back to their original names
Newspaper executive and former West Virginia lawmaker Doug Skaff Jr. dies in highway accident at 48
West Virginia newspaper executive and former House of Delegates Democratic leader Doug Skaff Jr. has died in a highway accident
Raids in California rattle immigrant communities — including those in the US legally
Immigration raids across Southern California are rattling the area’s immigrant communities, even among those in the country legally