Musician condemned spread of misinformation on platform’s top podcast: ‘They can have Rogan or Young’The music streaming platform Spotify is in the process of removing Neil Young’s music after the company refused to take down Joe Rogan’s podcast amid the musician’s objections that it spread vaccine misinformation.Rogan has been described by the New York Times as “one of the most...

Nearly complete limb develops over 18 months, raising exciting possibilities for human patientsA frog has regrown a lost leg after being treated with a cocktail of drugs in a significant advance for regenerative medicine.The African clawed frog, which is naturally unable to regenerate its limbs, was treated with the drugs for just 24 hours and this prompted an 18-month period of regrowth of a...

Exclusive: British Veterinary Association says some owners are prioritising novelty over health of petsA litter of hairless French bulldogs has been branded a worrying example of “extreme breeding” by the British Veterinary Association, which has voiced concerns that some owners are prioritising novelty over the health of their pet.The dogs are believed to have been bred in Scotland and to be...

Analysis finds many areas growing the crops may not be suitable by 2050, while others could benefitSome regions that produce coffee, cashews and avocados may not be able to support the growing of these crops within decades as a result of global heating, a study has found.Researchers combined climate change projections and soil factors to model how suitable various regions will be for growing crops...

Telescope pictures show the Milky Way with a bright dot marking the location of the object ‘in our galactic back yard’Get the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing“I think it’s real,” Curtin University student Tyrone O’Doherty told his supervisors when he spotted the anomaly.And it was real, as it turns out. The object beaming out from space was also “spooky”, and “in...

Covid-19 is a sharp reminder that our species could do with a bit of humility about its place in the natural orderCoronavirus has stopped us in our tracks and forced us to rethink our position as the rulers of the world. You could say it has done us a favour. An invisible enemy has challenged our treatment of the non-human world and the planet we share.For about 2,000 years most humans have...

Experts say object is a match for predicted class of neutron star with ultra-powerful magnetic fieldAstronomers have discovered a mysterious object emitting a radio wave beam that pulsed every 20 minutes.The team behind the discovery believe the object could be a new class of slowly rotating neutron star with an ultra-powerful magnetic field. The repeating signals were detected during the first...

Modelling may not be as accurate as a crystal ball, but it remains the best tool we have to predict the futureOfficial modelling efforts have been subjected to barrages of criticism throughout the pandemic, from across the political spectrum. No doubt some of that criticism has appeared justified – the result of highly publicised projections that never came to pass. In July 2021, for instance,...

Observational study finds double-jabbed people 41% less likely to report Covid symptoms 12 weeks after a positive testCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVaccination could reduce the risk of long Covid, research by the Office for National Statistics suggests.The study, of more than 6,000 adults, found those who were double-vaccinated had a 41% lower likelihood of...

London and Paris among cities with highest number of avoided deaths thanks to lower pollution in first lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 800 lives may have been saved across Europe thanks to better air quality in the first phase of Covid lockdowns, research suggests.Measures brought in to stem the rise in infections resulted in far fewer cars and...

Her early life was blighted by the condition, until a TV documentary changed everything. Now, she works for the UK’s leading support groupKitty Wallace remembers very clearly the first time she felt there was something horribly wrong with her face.She was eight years old, in her downstairs bathroom with a friend as they washed their hands before dinner. “I just remember looking at our...

The actor has been diagnosed with dementia but campaigners believe the legal arrangement is not in her best interestIn the wake of Britney Spears’ emancipation from her long-term conservatorship, some of Britney’s fans have turned their attention to the Star Trek actor Nichelle Nichols. Last week a dozen protesters, a mixture of Free Britney activists and fans of Nichols, demonstrated outside...

Report highlights ethical and practical issues surrounding the rapid advancement of the fieldBefore your child is born, you have their genome tweaked to boost their stature, build and intelligence. When they head to school, the teacher streams them according to their genetic makeup. And when working life begins, an employer checks their DNA to ensure they are healthy, agreeable and sufficiently...

Falcon 9 booster was originally launched from Florida in 2015 to deploy Deep Space Climate Observatory and has following a ‘chaotic’ orbit sinceA SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after spending almost seven years hurtling through space, experts say.The booster was originally launched from Florida in February 2015 as part of an interplanetary mission to send a space weather...