The Trump administration has blocked a crucial step in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) process for funding medical research, likely in violation of a federal judge’s temporary restraining order on federal funding freezes. The NIH has stopped submitting study sections – meetings in which scientists peer review NIH grant funding proposals – to the…
A few nights ago, my phone lit up with a TikTok notification: “WE’RE PREGNANT”. The message wasn’t from a friend. It was from an Australian couple, complete strangers. But social media knows me well because I felt something sharp and bright – joy and relief – for people I will never meet. It’s strange to…
Hospitals, schools and prisons are to be urged to buy more British food, as part of a government push to heal a rift with farmers over changes to inheritance tax. The environment secretary, Steve Reed, will tell the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) annual conference on Tuesday that the public sector is to be set a…
In this issue we say a fond farewell to Jay Rayner, who has written his final OFM column. After 15 years of wit, wisdom and enthusiasm for all things porcine, it is no exaggeration when I say he will be dearly missed. Jay’s last piece for us is jam-packed with home truths. He leaves some…
Notre Dame receives three new bells, including one from Paris Olympics Notre Dame cathedral received new bells, including one used during the Paris Olympics, as the landmark prepares to reopen after a fire in 2019. Good luck trying to catch Mikaela Shiffrin. Now or ever. Shiffrin won her 100th World Cup race Sunday, less than…
CDU/CSU projected winner of 2025 German election Friedrich Merz of the CDU (left) and Markus Söder of the CSU. Merz is the coalition’s candidate for chancellor. Photograph: Johannes Simon/Getty Images Share Updated at 18.29 CET <div class=\”atom\” data-svelte-h=\”svelte-1a0yet2\”><div class=\”interactive-wrapper svelte-9mnz0u\”><h2>Latest German opinion polls</h2> <div class=\”gv-chart-wrapper svelte-9mnz0u\”><div class=\”gv-tt\”><div class=\”gv-tt__date\”></div> <div class=\”gv-tt__subhead\”>14-day rolling average %</div> <table><tr><td><span class=\”gv-blob\” data-party=\”CDU/CSU\”></span>CDU/CSU</td>…