Scientists say new approach means effects of many genetic mutations can be analysed at once and yield results in days A new blood-based test that could help speed up diagnoses for children born with rare genetic disorders has been developed by researchers in an effort to provide answers – and...
Like a Tom Cruise stunt: hawk uses traffic patterns to target prey
Researcher records Cooper’s hawk in New Jersey making use of pedestrian crossing and line of cars while hunting It is a tactic worthy of Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt: wait until a beeping pedestrian crossing indicates a traffic queue has formed then use the line of cars as cover to reach...
A look at the deportees on plane that headed for South Sudan from US
The men who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were originally from countries as far away as Vietnam
Georgetown scholar recalls terror and ‘mockery of due process’ in immigration jail
A Georgetown University scholar who was targeted for deportation by the Trump administration said he was terrified during his time in immigration jail
Trump’s Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school’s sports teams
Some of Harvard’s sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the Ivy League school ineligible for international student visas
Alaska city reaches $2.1M settlement with family of a teen fatally shot by a police
Alaska’s largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally shot by a police officer
Amazon tribe says New York Times story led to members being smeared as porn addicts
An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued the New York Times over the newspaper's reporting on the community's introduction to the internet
Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona over laws regulating abortion
Reproductive rights advocates are suing Arizona to unravel several laws regulating abortion access in the state
Trump vowed to ease sanctions on Syria. How quickly that happens is up for debate
Since President Donald Trump announced his intent to end a half-century of sanctions on Syria, a debate has developed in his administration over how quickly and thoroughly that should happen
Trump relishes uttering the outlandish. Here’s where some of his most showstopping comments stand
It may start as a casual aside, a wee-hours social media post or a much hyped announcement