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Early Life Or Just A Rock? Scientists Train Tool To Tell The Difference

It is the cloud that overshadows the search for alien life: for all the spacecraft sent to faraway worlds, researchers do not really know what to look for when it comes to evidence of life elsewhere.

Ignorance Of History Of UK Nations A Risk To Union Olusoga

Schools in the UK need to teach the history of all four nations, the historian David Olusoga has said, warning that ambivalence and disinterest risk pulling apart the union.

Remote working is killing London. Get back to the office

THOSE with the best views see everything. Andrea Rossi, the chief executive of global investment manager M&G, has a corner office on the 11th floor of the firm's Fenchurch Avenue HQ. From here he can see the inactivity at street level at the end of the week. \"I get a bit frustrated when I come in on a Friday, because the whole City, it's empty,\" he says, disappointedly.

Theft, cover-up, a corrosive culture - inside the BM

The disappearance of large numbers of priceless artefacts has revealed deeper problems at the British Museum, former trustees and museum insiders tell Robert Dex

Joyce rules out retirement after latest Zhang KO

JOE JOYCE insists he has no plans to retire, after suffering a second successive loss to Zhilei Zhang, writes Matt Majendie.

Harry Must 'Give Notice' To See King

PRINCE Harry must "give notice" to visit his father King Charles after he was denied a room to stay in at Windsor Castle earlier this month, it has been alleged.

How 'Mental Health Days' Hide A Broken Work Culture

Wellbeing breaks are increasingly a feature of office life. But, asks Katie Rosseinsky, could this just be ‘wellness-washing’ by companies and is it doing more harm than good?

Sex Education Finds Space For The Real Trans Experience

"Today it’s still rare for trans people to speak freely about their experiences without facing some form of opposition. That’s where film and TV come in – to say what needs to be said before it can be met with the usual retaliation.

Where Do Parents Turn When Schools Are Behaving Badly?

"I’m usually supportive of schools and their teachers and their heads. Most parents are. But sometimes they do things that simply have to be called out. The enforcement of ludicrous and petty rules on the grounds of “ethos”, particularly when it comes to uniform, would be a prime example.

Fifteen Weddings In A Year? It's Time To Start Saying 'No'

"When a friend divulged that she’d had a “massive breakdown” in July, my first question was whether anyone close to her had died (they had not). Was she getting enough sleep? Yes. Eating well? Yes.

Nasa Delivers A Piece Of An Ancient Asteroid To Earth

A piece of an asteroid has arrived on Earth from the other side of the solar system, in a major success for Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission. The spacecraft has spent years flying to asteroid Bennu, gathering up a piece of it, and bringing it back home so that it can be studied by researchers. It brings an end to a mission that took seven years, involved a journey of 4 billion miles, and cost more than a billion dollars.

Inside Putin's Attempts To Indoctrinate Russia's Youth

The Kremlin has rolled out new school textbooks claiming Ukraine is an 'ultranationalist state'

Starmer Urged To Consider New EU Membership Plan

Business chiefs say it would be 'fantastic' to remove tariffs

Could Labour Build HS2 In Full If It Wins The Election?

Rishi Sunak could be poised to sign off more cuts to HS2, with an announcement expected this week. But if the prime minister does announce new cuts, he will do so with a rather large elephant in the room: the next general election.

Migraine Patients Face Long Wait For Treatment On NHS

WAITING times for patients suffering from migraines have almost doubled in England, a report has revealed.

Black Sea Blast 'Killed Top Russian Navy Officials'

A UKRAINIAN missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet killed "dozens" of top naval officials, Kyiv chiefs said yesterday.

Chinese Dissident Prepared To Stay Put At Taiwan Airport

A Chinese dissident who has taken refuge in a Taiwan airport during a stopover has said he is prepared to wait months if necessary, in order to get safe passage to a third country.

No 10 To Warn About Risks Of Using AI In Bioweapon Creation

Concerns that criminals or terrorists could use artificial intelligence to cause mass destruction will dominate discussion at a summit of world leaders as concern grows in Downing Street about the power of the next generation of technological advances.

MPs call for aid ahead of winter energy crisis

MPs have called on the Government to support under-pressure households ahead of an \"inevitable\" new energy crisis this winter.

Bank should be brave and hold interest rates

INFLATION figures out tomorrow might be a bit of a shocker, on the face of it.

World's top fashion giant roars ahead

THE world's biggest fashion retailer Inditex, owner of chains such as Zara (right), Massimo Dutti and Bershka, today continued a \"hot streak\" and revealed that first-half sales jumped 13.5% to reach €16.9 billion (£14.6 billion).

Davies: TMOs need protecting from threats

JONATHAN DAVIES believes the identities of Television Match Officials should be kept anonymous to boost refereeing in top-level rugby, writes Nick Purewal.

Steely-eyed Borthwick not afraid to let the mask slip

Head coach will back his men to the hilt but always lets them know who’s boss

Nuke Fears As Putin Looks To Kim For Weapons Deal

Warning over tyrants' arms talks

Poor Economic Growth Will 'Feel A Lot Like A Recession'

Britain will narrowly avoid a recession this year - but people and businesses will still feel the pain akin to the 2008 financial crash, according to an influential business network.

So Who Pays For The Bank Holiday Air Traffic Chaos?

"Last week 2,000 flights were cancelled because of Nats's inability to process flight plans, and a quarter of a million passengers were grounded" - so said Lord Young, a former Conservative transport secretary, in the House of Lords yesterday afternoon.

Modi Prepares For Biggest Diplomatic Challenge Yet

With both Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping skipping the G20 summit in Delhi, experts tell Shweta Sharma that India's leader will struggle to foster unity in a divided world

Alcohol And Rising Obesity Linked To 'Alarming' Surge In Cancers In Young People

Drinking alcohol, smoking and obesity have contributed to a huge surge in the number of cancer cases in younger people, new research suggests. Recorded cases of cancer in the under-50s soared by 79 per cent between 1999 and 2019, according to scientists from the University of Edinburgh and the Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China.

Style Over Substance? Delhi Gets G20 Makeover As Modi Seeks To Position India As A Global Player

Their city, say the residents of Delhi, has never looked so pristine. As some of the world's most powerful leaders Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden among them descend on India's capital this weekend for the G20 leaders' summit, a frantic, and to some controversial, beautification effort has been in force.

England Health Alert Raised To Amber Level As Heatwave Hits

Health officials have upgraded their warning over rising temperatures this week with southern England due to experience heatwave conditions.