Self portrait with a letter.
Musée Rodin / Pallant House Gallery
Gwen John was very much her own woman and followed her own artistic instincts, producing small, intimate, idiosyncratic paintings that resonate.
A Bali myna at the Waddesdon Aviary in England.
National Trust
Our experiments with the critically endangered Bail myna showed some birds are bolder than others.
Phillip Harrington / Alamy
Windrush has turned out to be a defining moment in telling the story of Britain, with writing by Caribbean migrants fundamental to exposing the realities of the British empire.
Gonorrhoea is now the second most commonly diagnosed STI in the UK.
Peddalanka Ramesh Babu/ Shutterstock
Two Victorian STIs are back – here’s how you can protect yourself.
Alexandree/Shutterstock
Heatwaves are often the result of these bursts of warm, southerly air.
A jackal wanders along a deserted road in Tel Aviv, Israel, in April 2020.
Xinhua / Alamy
Researchers tracked 2,300 wild mammals during the strict 2020 lockdowns and found they moved 73% further than in the previous year.
LuckyStep/Shutterstock
Virgin motherhood is no myth – sharks, birds and lizards can hatch from unfertilised eggs.
Vinícius Júnior during the game between Valencia and Real Madrid which saw him receive racial abuse and a red card.
Jose Miguel Fernandez/Alamy
The extent of the abuse suffered by Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior shows how enduringly unresponsive the country’s legal system, sporting officials and media have been.
Reggae, dancehall, and identity: how Jamaican music transformed British society.
Holly Squire/Canva
Nights out dancing! How African and Caribbean music and dance have shaped British culture.
Lawrence Wee/Shutterstock
Our annual reports will update the world on the climate’s vital signs.
The 2008 statue of Adam Smith by Scotland’s leading monumental sculptor Alexander Stoddart, outside St Giles cathedral in Edinburgh.
Alan Wilson/Alamy
The Scottish economist dedicated his life’s work to understanding the consequences – moral, social and political – of capitalism. Both neoliberals and leftwingers claim his legacy.
An x-ray of the brightest ever gamma ray burst reflected off dust layers, creating extended ‘light echoes’ of the initial blast.
Nasa
Radiation from the brightest cosmic explosion ever seen may have been mixing with gas and dust around its dying star – making the signal last longer.
This female rhesus macaque seems surprised at the idea not everyone thinks masturbation is natural.
Matilda Brindle
Masturbation seems like an evolutionary conundrum. New research has found an explanation.
A sector on the verge.
edwardolive/Shutterstock
Numbers obtained through a freedom of information request reveal the dire state of the legal aid sector in England and Wales.
Total war: Russian president Vladimir Putin inspects operations at the tours the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant in March 2023.
Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin Pool/Alamy Live News
The options facing the Kremlin’s economic and military planners.
KieferPix/Shutterstock
Forced marriage protection orders are not very useful in combatting ‘honour’-based violence or other abuse.
Two-and-a-half cups of green tea contain the recommended daily amount of flavanols.
granata68/ Shutterstock
Many plants contain flavanols – but some contain more than others.
Accepting digital payments.
WESTOCK PRODUCTIONS/Shutterstock
The UK could learn a lot from developing economies about using digital payments to boost financial inclusion.
Workers decommission an oil rig in the North Sea.
Lee Ramsden/Alamy Stock Photo
Labour would still honour existing licenses to drill for fossil fuels.
Ivor Cummings.
Courtesy of Chris Rochester
A paper trail, both typed and handwritten, documents Cummings’ dogged efforts to secure accommodations and resources for the Windrushers on a time crunch.