Despite a slew of wild finishes in men’s college basketball this week, the upper tier of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll remains largely unchanged. Auburn retains the No. 1 spot for another week. The Tigers survived a slog with No. 8 Tennessee over the weekend and claim all 31 first-place votes. Duke holds on…
Ed Miliband tells MPs UK needs to ‘speed up, not slow down’ in drive to net zero As energy secretary, Ed Miliband is the person in government most responsible for ensuring that the UK meets its net zero targets, and over recent days that has been a trick brief to hold. Last week he was…
A study has found that songbird chicks are being killed by high levels of pesticides, found in pet flea treatments, in the pet fur used by their parents to line their nests. Researchers found that 100% of the 103 blue and great tit nests lined with fur that were collected contained fipronil, which is banned…
Calling all iPhone lovers: we might just have a full look at Apple’s iPhone SE 4 on our hands. X (formerly Twitter) user Majin Bu shared what Bu claims is the new iPhone SE 4. The leaker posted a video of the device from all angles and then four photos of both a black and…
As a young medical student in 1970s Pakistan, Nasreen Askari had an encounter that would shape her for ever. After asking the mother of a sick boy routine questions about his family history, the woman looked outraged. Marching Askari outside, she took off her colourful shawl and laid it on her lap. “Most of the…
This month’s news celebrates heat-sensitive tongues, forests in the air and the mind-blowing potential of stone. Everything you need to know about design this month. Karina Thompson’s art quilt from the show Made in the Midlands. Photograph: Made In The Middle While the Midlands is best known as the birthplace of the industrial revolution, the…