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    Cancer
    Vaccine significantly reduces risk of melanoma recurrence or death, trial shows

    Trial results represent ‘foundational shift’ in approach to cancer, allowing scientists to harness immune system in more personalised way
  • a banana breeding expert brushes pollen onto banana flowers

    Food security
    Have scientists finally found a way to save the banana from disaster?

  • You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we remain by the convicted fraudster, but what is behind the enduring appeal? US technology editor Blake Montgomery tells Madeleine Finlay why Holmes continues to fascinate us, and reflects on whether the Theranos scandal has had a permanent impact on Silicon Valley

    Science Weekly
    Why we’re still so obsessed with Elizabeth Holmes

    Video14:11
  • Praa Sands beach in Cornwall curves along a blue bay with grassy cliffs

    Coastlines
    How citizen science is tracking changes in shorelines around the world

  • Pill blister packs sit on a wooden table beside banknotes and credit cards

    India
    India slashes cost of cancer drugs after court rules mark-ups are ‘extortion’

  • Sarcophagus

    Archaeology
    Mystery of Roman sarcophagus unearthed at Westminster Abbey solved at last, expert says

  • A rotten apple.

    Psychology
    Bad apple effect: study shows how people are influenced by rule-breaking of others

  • An operative wearing blue rubber gloves uses tweezers to place a sample into a vial

    Big pharma accused of ‘free-riding on nature’ as global fund attracts just $7,000

  • A large red Tesla sign stands in a car park outside a Santa Clarita Tesla dealership

    Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan

  • An orangutan eating some frozen fruit

    Orangutans prefer food associated with sounds of laughter, study suggests

  • A young boy reaches over a table of paint pots while other children paint nearby

    Do people become less creative as they get older? Research makes surprising discovery

  • Devi Sridhar

    double quotation markCan AI really predict cancer survival better than a doctor? I have my doubts

    Devi Sridhar
  • The exterior of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.

    The Guardian view on plague in Russia: what is most worrying is the lack of information

  • Devi Sridhar

    double quotation markAs a scientist, here’s what worries me about the suspected Russian plague victim

    Devi Sridhar
  • Devi Sridhar

    double quotation markYou have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong?

    Devi Sridhar
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    Science Weekly

    Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – podcast

    Podcast17:45
  • US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gestures as he speaks during an event at Sparrows Point Shipyard, in Baltimore County, Maryland, US, October 6, 2026.
    Science Weekly

    The surprising psychology of morbid curiosity – podcast

    Podcast17:00
  • A Nobel medal
    Science Weekly

    All the news and science from the 2026 Nobel prizes – podcast

    Podcast23:21

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  • Norman McCubbin, with his glasses on head, looks down thoughtfully at his 70th birthday cards

    Physics
    Norman McCubbin obituary

  • a banana breeding expert brushes pollen onto banana flowers

    Biology
    Have scientists finally found a way to save the banana from disaster?

  • Australian aerospace engineer Katherine Bennell-Pegg

    Space
    Australia offers astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg for space mission to International Space Station

  • a banana breeding expert brushes pollen onto banana flowers

    Genetics
    Have scientists finally found a way to save the banana from disaster?

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    Propelling change: can respiratory care cut its carbon footprint without compromising patients?

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? The treacherous puzzle of the round table

  • Celebrity Traitor Professor Hannah Fry, Richard E Grant, Sharon Rooney, Bella Ramsay, Romesh Ranganathan, Jerry Hall, Claudia Winkleman, Amol Rajan, Miranda Hart, Maya Jama, James Acaster, Sebastian Croft, Michael Sheen, Joe Lycett, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Joanne McNally, Leigh-Anne Pinnock & King Kenny, at the round table in episode one of The Celebrity Traitors. The return of The Celebrity Traitors was the most watched debut episode of any series of the programme in the UK, with an average of 8.9 million viewers. Issue date: Friday October 02, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? The treacherous riddle of the round table

  • European Figure Skating Championships 2026- men free skatingDaniel Grassl of Italy spins quickly during the free skating of the European Figure Skating Championships men's competition where he finished 13th at the Utilita Arena on January 17th 2026 in Sheffield, England (Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Isaac Newton’s tower drop puzzle

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Isaac Newton’s tower drop puzzle

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