Could bathing in cold water reduce anxiety and stress?
Cold-water immersion is gaining in popularity, but more research is needed
Love bombing: Telltale signs your partner is manipulating you
Excessive attention early on can be a sign you’re in an unhealthy relationship
Do we need to have a Covid vaccine for domestic animals?
While there is no evidence that cats or dogs spread the virus to humans, a jab is feasible
Protests against Rittenhouse verdict spring up in several US cities
US jury acquits teenager over Kenosha killings in deeply divisive case
Topsy-turvy maths: Proving axioms from theorems
The starting point for reverse maths is a base theory that is strong enough to state the theorems of interest, but not strong enough to prove them
How the Democrats scientific approach lost them US’s industrial heartland
Push for environmental regulations has alienated voters in the American Midwest
Texas asks US supreme court to help Trump upend election
Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to be sued in long-shot legal action
Could Trump really settle US election result in the supreme court?
President has filled court with conservatives and lawyers are ready to challenge election process, but proof will be crucial
Trump v Biden: US contemplates nightmare scenario of disputed election
Rhetoric from both sides points to potential constitutional crisis if result is close
Dating apps can make you lonely but well-educated men fare better
Weblog: Research shows education levels matter to women – not so much for men
Ohio State the latest scandal in US college sport’s dark history of sexual abuse
Report released shows Dr Richard Strauss sexually assaulted more than 170 athletes
US sports doctor abused 177 men in Ohio university
Report finds college leaders knew of abuses at the time
Greenland’s ice melting faster than scientists previously thought – study
Research provides fresh evidence of dangers posed to coastal areas such as Miami, Shanghai, Bangladesh
Mary Oliver, prize-winning poet, dies at 83
Her work, with its plain language, drew a wide following but divided critics
Somali lawyer urges voters to show ‘we are a nation of immigrants’
Since 2012, 113,000 migrants have moved to Ohio. Such votes may change US politics
Laser eye surgery: going in with your eyes open
Millions of people around the world have had Lasik surgery
Promising cancer treatment which made patients worse shows how far there is to go
Patients and doctors eager to try untested treatments when other options run out
Baker Mayfield: Your trash-talking, crotch-grabbing All-American hero
College football’s best quarterback is special, but maybe not special enough for the NFL
Creative advantage of youth an age-old question in science
Forties become the new 20s for physicists as Nobel-winning work takes longer to achieve
Fox News is still America’s most-watched but for how long?
America Letter: Scandals and the ignoring of certain Trump stories have had an impact
‘Hillbilly’ memoir analyses root causes of Trump phenomenon
America Letter: bestselling account reveals true face of poverty-stricken rust belt voters
FBI raises Isis and al-Qaeda link in Ohio State University attack
Assailant who injured 11 may ‘have been inspired’ by Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
There's a high chance aliens are out there, so why haven’t we met them yet?
We’ve been listening for communications from deep space, and we’ve pinged out radio signals into the ether to try and contact other civilisations, but no one has called back
UN to fight ‘biggest threat to modern medicine’: superbugs
All 193 UN member states are expected to sign a declaration to fight drug-resistant superbugs that are estimated to kill more than 700,000 people each year
The Trump show: ‘It’s gonna be a riot’
Donald Trump is heading to Cleveland for the Republican convention and his coronation as nominee will likely draw plenty of protests
The universal language of the ‘not face’
Facial movements used to communicate negative moral judgment have been found to be instinctive and universal to all cultures
Can neurofeedback help treat ADHD?
A new method, pioneered in the US, helps train the brain to be more effective
America at Large: Seedy underbelly of Ohio State band’s ‘culture’ exposed
Secret songbook included songs mocking Holocaust victims and gays and ditties about rape
Study: Praise kids too much and turn them into narcissists
US peer-reviewed journal studied 565 children with aim to uncover origins of selfishness
A heart simulator to help the real thing
A realistic 3D simulation of the heart is central to Dassault Systèmes’ Living Heart Project
‘A lack of food has the same effect that gamma rays had on mild-mannered Dr Bruce Banner. Hulk angry, Hulk smash, Hulk start pointless arguments’
Patrick Nugent, assistant news editor
Melting of Antarctic ice sheet ‘unstoppable’- reports
Rise in global sea levels of 3 metres ‘inevitable’, scientists say
Calls for halt to death penalty after botched execution
New cocktail of drugs blamed for slow death of Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett
Shortage of lethal drugs in death-row states
Some states propose bringing back firing squads or the electric chair
Sideways walking: it’s why line-dancing is good for you
A sideways gait could be three times as expensive energetically as walking forward: good exercise, then
Cats and people: we go way back
A recent study claims to provide evidence for commensal relationships between people and cats from 5,300 years ago
Time to sign up for the climate change war
Opinion: It is morally indefensible not to engage with the defining crisis of the human race and the planet we inhabit
Omega-3 fatty acids ‘linked to prostate cancer’ – study
‘We have confirmed marine omega-3 fatty acids play a role in prostate cancer’
Research clinician prized for his efforts in scientific discovery
An Irish medic has helped revolutionise how we treat heart attacks with his research on aspirin
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