Even though immense rains repeatedly pummeled California in 2023, they barely helped recharge aquifers drawn down by decades of drought and human pumping, a new study reveals. About one-third of the water supply in Los Angeles, which is susceptible to long dry spells, comes from groundwater. But in the first three months of 2023, more…
It’s a line that’s been rattled off by nutritionists for decades: when food is consumed later in the evening, it’s more likely to cause weight gain … But does that idea actually have legs? The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. The evidence remains unclear, says Dr…
Two politicians for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) who were sidelined over remarks they made relating to the Nazis have been welcomed back into its parliamentary group after the party’s historic performance in the German general election. Maximilian Krah resigned from the AfD’s federal executive board before the European elections last June after telling…
It was while touring Mississippi in an old RV that John Ingall and his wife, Jane, first spotted the plant that would change their lives: the hardshell gourd, a plump, squash-like fruit with a thick, woody skin. After that, they saw them almost everywhere they went: carved gourds in porches, hanging gourds, gourds reimagined as…
Farage: right is not split in UK as ‘Conservative party not on the right in any measurable way’ Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has been speaking at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London, where he was being interviewed by Canadian self-help handbook author Jordan Peterson. He rejected Peterson’s assertion that the…
HS2 has become “a casebook example of how not to run a major project”, according to the latest scathing report on the high-speed rail line from MPs on the public accounts committee (PAC). The PAC lambasted the Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd for failing to work together effectively, and told them not to…