Many women are in prison for killing their abusive partners
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 07-11-21-53-61, Powerball: 2
Trial will determine who will pay $600M settlement in disastrous train derailment
Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned
At least half of US states now outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns
At least half of U.S. states now outlaw devices that can convert pistols into machine guns
From Greenland to Europe and Senegal: the partial solar eclipse – in pictures
The moon partly obscured the sun during an phenomenon that could be seen across the northern hemisphere Continue reading...
Partial solar eclipse: moon blocks part of sun for people in northern hemisphere – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read our story here Here’s a view of the sun from Dakar, Senegal: How visible today’s partial eclipse will be depends, unsurprisingly, on how clear the sky is where you are. Continue reading...
Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’
Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA’s approval of life-saving vaccines A senior health official in the US, who was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of life-saving vaccines, has resigned abruptly, citing...
‘The physics community has never split like this’: row erupts over plans for new Large Hadron Collider
Ambitious project could soak up funding for subatomic physics for decades, say opponents Scientists are refining plans to build the world’s biggest machine at a site beneath the Swiss-French border. More than $30bn (£23bn) would be spent drilling a 91km circular tunnel in which subatomic particles would be accelerated to...
Skygazers gather across northern hemisphere to glimpse partial solar eclipse
Eclipse peaked in London at about 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of UK between about 10am and noon People across the northern hemisphere have gathered to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse. The eclipse peaked in London at about 11am on Saturday and was visible...
Nature’s secret soundscape: listen with me to the world’s quietest creatures
While humans are more boisterous than ever, other species are talking too – this is what you will hear if you really listen It’s a spring day in northern Sweden, just 100km (62 miles) below the Arctic Circle. I tuck my sound gear into my backpack, clip into my cross-country...