African elephants have extra copies of genes that help resist cancer Neil Aldridge/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Bigger animals live longer and have more cells that could go awry, so we would expect them to have a greater risk of developing cancer. A comprehensive analysis of 263 species suggests this is indeed the case, but also finds…
BBC Jabez Petherick says hospice care made a big difference to him As a nurse who supports terminally ill patients to die in their own homes, Angelina Blair sees first hand the last few hours of people’s lives. “There are times where you put on a brave face, you smile, you give the care that’s…
Experts question Israel’s claim Tehran had begun an atomic bomb programme but warn it has become a ‘threshold’ state Source link
OAKMONT, Pa. — Oakmont did not need this. It did not need a heavy storm to humble the best golfers in the world and make the toughest test in golf even tougher. So when it came Sunday, the sheets of rain that turned fields of grass into shallow bodies of water, it felt like a…
By Reuters Published June 15, 2025 Estee Lauder said on Sunday that its chairman emeritus, Leonard Lauder, died on Satuday at the age of 92. Reuters Lauder joined the company in 1958 and played a key role in transforming the business from a handful of products sold under a single brand in U.S. stores to…
There is a new application for lasers laboratory/Alamy Lasers could become an important tool for detecting radioactive materials, such as those in covert nuclear weapons, from a greater distance than ever before. Conventional radioactivity sensing techniques involve waiting for particles produced during radioactive decay to hit a detector. The method can sense these particles from…
Women will be able to speak to medical specialists about issues such as the menopause, sexual health and mental health at a free event next month. The two-hour session is due to take place at the Penn Manor Medical Practice, an NHS GP surgery in Wolverhampton, from 10:00 BST on 5 July. GP Shivaleela Bailwad…
Black squirrels have advantages and disadvantages, depending on where they are Doug Wechsler / naturepl.com Road accidents seem to be behind the natural selection of black squirrels in US cities, as they may be easier than grey ones for motorists to spot and swerve to avoid. Grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), known as eastern gray squirrels…
YSL Beauty’s Ourika Community Gardens project in the foothills of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains brings … More financial independence ot local women. YSL Beauty When it comes to their beauty brand of choice, Gen Z especially favors a value driven approach but you’d better make sure it’s authentic or they’ll spot it a mile off. Timed…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is author of ‘Blood and Treasure, the Economics of Conflict from the Vikings to Ukraine’ Worries over geopolitical risks have regularly featured towards the top of polls of investor concerns over the past…
