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  • A white sperm cell navigates an orange lattice structure against a dark blue textured background

    The Saturday read
    ‘Spermageddon’: is the world facing a male reproductive crisis?

    Reports of falling sperm counts and testosterone levels have fuelled fears over chemicals, pollution and modern lifestyles. But how much do scientists agree on what is affecting male fertility?
  • Two IV bags hang from a metal pole with a patient lying in a hospital bed in the background

    Global health
    Cancer cases expected to soar worldwide, WHO report finds

  • Today in Focus
    The missing scientists at the centre of a UFO conspiracy

    Podcast32:55

  • Science Weekly
    ‘A break from scrolling’: how Gen Z fell in love with birding

    Podcast16:43
  • A microscopic view of sperm cells swimming, with one prominent in the foreground against a blue background

    Genetics
    Air pollution linked to DNA changes in sperm, research shows

  • A smiling woman holds a baby boy in her arms while a nurse looks on and a group of people gather behind her.

    First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRC

  • A Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in Norcross, Georgia.

    Items found behind a Georgia Cracker Barrel lead to charges in 1985 Ohio murder

  • A stack of non-English dictionaries

    Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say

  • A British swallowtail on a tree

    British swallowtail split from European cousins much earlier than thought, study finds

  • Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

    double quotation markAt last, a proper excuse for monoglots to learn another language: it helps keep your brain young

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
  • Daniel Malinsky

    double quotation markIs the US trying to make scientists’ work so difficult that they simply give up?

    Daniel Malinsky
  • person speaks in therapy session

    double quotation markMy patients use ChatGPT for therapy. Now I use it too

    Sarah Darghouth
  • A six-week-old human embryo.

    The Guardian view on gene-edited humans: darker uses must be acknowledged alongside medical ones

  • A close-up of a male arm flexing a bicep
    Science Weekly

    Is male testosterone in freefall? – podcast

    Podcast14:00
  • Encapsulating genome SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - encapsulating a whole genome. The DNA of the genome and the synthetic cell membrane are stained with fluorescent dyes.
    Science Weekly

    ‘Beautiful blobs’: can scientists build life from scratch? – podcast

    Podcast16:53
  • Algae in the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC
    Science Weekly

    Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know – podcast

    Podcast16:19

Key issues

  • Children crouch under school desks during a drill in a classroom. Students at a Brooklyn middle school have a 'duck and cover' practice drill in preparation for a nuclear attack; silver print, 1962.

    Physics
    Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse?

  • A white sperm cell navigates an orange lattice structure against a dark blue textured background

    Biology
    ‘Spermageddon’: is the world facing a male reproductive crisis?

  • The chart shows the view looking west from London at 10pm.

    Space
    Young crescent moon to meet Venus in evening twilight

  • A microscopic view of sperm cells swimming, with one prominent in the foreground against a blue background

    Genetics
    Air pollution linked to DNA changes in sperm, research shows

  • Get angry on TVYoung woman screaming on vintage TV

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? This TV show is flipping brilliant!

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? This TV show is flipping brilliant!

  • Posed by model Irish redhead baker man with beard holding groceries paper bag of bread over yellow background scared in shock with a surprise face, afraid and excited with fear expression

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Dotty data and silly sentences

  • Funny Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia tilts its head outside its burrow on Marco Island, Florida

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Dotty data and silly sentences

Multimedia

  • A red handfish among coral

    Blue mushrooms, shy trees and glowing seas: Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures

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