The judge overseeing the sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement involving the NCAA and the nation’s five largest conferences has delayed final approval of the plan until it is modified to address concerns about roster limits
Trump will hold a rally in Michigan next week to mark his first 100 days in office
President Donald Trump will travel to Michigan next week to celebrate his first 100 days in office
Asia shares trade mixed as uncertainty persists over Trump’s tariff plans
Asian shares are trading mixed, as worries crept back following a Wall Street rally that came after President Donald Trump appeared to back off his criticism of the Federal Reserve and his tough talk in his trade war
Alabama to execute a man who said he’s guilty of rape and murder and deserves to die
An Alabama man is scheduled to be executed Thursday after dropping his appeals and saying he doesn’t want to keep “wasting everybody’s time” and money
Childhood toxin exposure ‘may be factor in bowel cancer rise in under-50s’
Researchers say mutations more often found in younger patients’ tumours caused by toxin secreted by E coli strains Childhood exposure to a toxin produced by bacteria in the bowel may be contributing to the rise of colorectal cancer in under-50s around the world, researchers say. Countries, including some in Europe...
Cluster headaches are ‘the most painful condition on the planet’. Sufferers are going to extreme – and secretive – measures for relief
The condition is more excruciating than childbirth or gunshot wounds, but little understood. An online community of ‘clusterheads’ are self-experimenting with psilocybin – with promising results Peter was working late, watching two roulette tables in play at a London casino, when he felt something stir behind his right eye. It...
Evidence of alien life, a clue about the rise of colon cancer, and a new colour? – podcast
Madeleine Finlay and Ian Sample discuss three intriguing science stories from the week. From a hint at alien life on a distant planet to a clue in the search for answers over why colon cancer rates are rising in the under 50s, and news from scientists who claim to have...
Mediterranean megaflood carved out hills in Sicily, study reveals
Rock deposits provide first land-based evidence of Earth’s largest flood, when water surged through strait of Gibraltar The event that refilled the Mediterranean basin 5m years ago is thought to have been the largest flood in Earth’s history, with water surging through the present-day strait of Gibraltar 1,000 times faster...
British artist claims he has created paint in ‘new’ colour announced by scientists
Stuart Semple is selling product for £10,000 (or £29.99 to fellow creatives) – but scientists say hue cannot be replicated A British artist claims to have replicated in paint a colour that scientists say they discovered by having laser pulses fired into their eyes. Stuart Semple created his own version...
Bite marks on York skeleton reveal first evidence of ‘gladiators’ fighting lions
Study offers rare insight into human-animal combat during Roman empire Bite marks from a lion on a man’s skeleton, excavated from a 1,800-year-old cemetery on the outskirts of York, provide the first physical evidence of human-animal combat in the Roman empire, new research claims. While clashes between combatants, big cats...