A Colorado man is going on trial accused of killing his wife after sending her text messages purporting to be from an ex-boyfriend and indicating that she was being watched
Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025
Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life team say genomes offer invaluable insight into how species will fare under climate crisis Voting is now open! Vote for your favourite here “We are following the ‘invertebrate of the year’ series with bated breath,” began the email that arrived in the Guardian’s inbox last...
Roman-era battlefield mass grave discovered under Vienna football pitch
Archaeologists say ‘catastrophic military event’ took place at site where 129 bodies have been found so far As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a football pitch in Vienna last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: a heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to...
Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans
Phrases used to smooth over tense social situations have meanings beyond the sum of their parts, study suggests Bonobos use a combination of calls to encourage peace with their partner during mating rituals, research suggests. The discovery is part of a study that suggests our close evolutionary cousins can string...
Air traffic controllers to get more support after a fight and latest near miss at Washington airport
Air traffic controllers at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport will be offered crisis counseling and additional supervision after a fight in the tower and another alarming near miss two months after a midair collision between a passenger jet an...
Georgia Democrats’ frustration with anti-transgender bills boils over into a walkout
Boxed into a vote on outlawing spending on gender affirming care for transgender prisoners, Georgia Democrats chose a third option Wednesday
Maryland lawmakers approve measure to study reparations for slavery
Maryland lawmakers have approved a measure to create a commission to study and recommend potential benefits as reparations for slavery and lingering impacts of racial discrimination in the state
Upstate New York officer won’t face criminal charges after fatally shooting a 13-year-old in June
An upstate New York police officer will not face criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy who pointed what turned out to be a BB gun last June
Georgia lawmakers pass religious freedom bill despite discrimination concerns
Lawmakers in Georgia’s House have passed a controversial bill that aims to protect people’s rights to express their religion, but that critics say could lead to discrimination
Measuring the cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts becomes a flashpoint in Congress
An obscure bookkeeping matter has become the latest flashpoint in Congress as Democrats accuse Republicans of violating Senate norms