A British company is producing mosquitoes that carry a ‘self-limiting’ gene that kills off female offspring, limiting the spread of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever In an unassuming building on an industrial estate outside Oxford, Michal Bilski sits in a windowless room with electric fly swatters and sticky...
‘Concerning’ lack of female-only medical trials in UK, say health experts
Exclusive: doctors and patients forced to make decisions in ‘vacuum of evidence’ as women under-represented in data Health experts are calling for more UK clinical trials to focus on finding new treatments for women, as “concerning” data reveals they are severely under-represented, with 67% more male-only studies than female-only. Details...
Americans’ health at risk as Trump cuts EPA staff to 1980s levels, experts warn
Advocacy groups say gutting EPA’s scientific research arm would turn it into a purely political agency Americans’ health is being put at risk after new cuts were announced by Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce staffing to 1980s levels and gut its scientific research arm, experts and advocacy...
Cornish tin was sold all over Europe 3,000 years ago, say archaeologists
British team says new study ‘radically transforms’ understanding of bronze age trade networks In about 1300BC, the major civilisations of the eastern Mediterranean made a cultural and technological leap forward when they began using bronze much more widely for weapons, tools and jewellery. While a form of the metal had...
X-ray reveals ancient Greek author of charred first century BC Vesuvius scroll
Ink traces show text is part of work by Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, burned during AD79 volcano eruption A charred scroll recovered from a Roman villa that was buried under ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been identified as the influential work of an ancient Greek philosopher....
Today’s AI can crack second world war Enigma code ‘in short order’, experts say
Crowning achievement of Alan Turing’s codebreakers is now ‘straightforward’, according to computer scientists The Enigma code was a fiendish cipher that took Alan Turing and his fellow codebreakers a herculean effort to crack. Yet experts say it would have crumbled in the face of modern computing. While Polish experts broke...
Police search for fugitive who escaped from Seattle’s airport in handcuffs
A man fled custody inside Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and was able to take a light rail train into the city
Trump’s meme coin business racks up fees as buyers jump for access to president
President Donald Trump on Monday promoted a dinner he’s set to attend later this month that’s open to almost anyone who buys enough of his meme coin
Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the active duty military to shed 20% of its four-star general officers
Closing arguments delivered in trial of 3 officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death
Jurors are expected to begin deliberating Tuesday in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols in January 2023