Intricate tests show hair-trigger detection causes cells on outer surface of leaf to soften, prompting closure The Venus flytrap is one of nature’s most impressive predators, luring insects with the intoxicating scent of nectar before capturing them with a snap of its jaw-like leaves. Now, scientists have revealed the mechanism...
A key congressional race in California will test progressives’ appeal in a Republican district
Randy Villegas, a populist insurgent, has won the Democratic primary for a House seat representing California’s Central Valley
Trump accuses Democrats of hypocrisy on Platner, despite questions about his own conduct
President Donald Trump is accusing the Democratic Party of hypocrisy for supporting Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite his own history of misconduct against women
David Briscoe, AP journalist who chronicled Philippines’ democratic revolution, dies at 82
Longtime Associated Press journalist David Briscoe has died at 82
Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: ‘I love the inflation’
President Donald Trump has a surprising take on a new report that shows inflation spiking to its highest level in three years
Alabama asks appeals court to let it continue nitrogen gas executions
Alabama is waging a last-minute legal fight to execute a man with nitrogen gas on Thursday night
Carney says opening of Canada-US bridge may take ‘a little longer’
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block may take longer to open than anticipated
Paraguay fans are eager for their long-awaited World Cup return, in the country they now call home
Paraguayan fans are eager to see their national soccer team’s long-awaited return to the World Cup in the country they now call home
A Pentagon list overhaul puts Mormon church’s Christian identity back in the spotlight
The Pentagon’s recent revision to its list of Christian religions has reignited a long-standing debate about whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian denomination
Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise, scientists find – but reason is unclear
From Spain to Japan, experiments have repeatedly shown a left-turn bias, but exact mechanic ‘is still an open question’ “I’m not an ambi-turner,” laments Derek Zoolander in the eponymous noughties satire about the world’s hottest male model and his rare catwalk hangup. “It’s a problem I’ve had since I was...