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Chelsea Flower Show returns with a focus on climate, nature – and a love of dogs

The King and Queen and celebrities will get a first glimpse of this year’s world-famous horticultural event on Monday.

19/05/2025 The Independent

The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's America First plan

An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory Trump wants to become a foundation stone for his American golden age. But the company story exemplifies the success of modern globalisation

18/05/2025 BBC

AI is moving fast. Climate policy provides valuable lessons for how to keep it in check

Existing efforts to regulate AI share a limitation: they’re built around intended use, not the messy, creative and often unintended ways it is actually being used.

18/05/2025 The Conversation

More people are trying medicinal cannabis for chronic pain. But does it work?

One in five people experience chronic pain. Here’s how likely you are to find relief with medicinal cannabis.

18/05/2025 The Conversation

Something borrowed, something blue? Why the reign of the traditional wedding dress may be over

There are several factors behind the decline of the traditional wedding dress, including financial pressures and growth in the culture of individualism.

18/05/2025 The Conversation

Buffett plans to attend, but not take questions, at next year's Berkshire shareholder meeting

Billionaire Warren Buffett plans to attend, but not take questions, at next year’s Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting — a big change following his recent surprise retirement announcement

18/05/2025 The Independent

Elissa's journey: A young mom's battle for life after colon cancer hit

It was blue, so blue — the clear sky, the water glistening in the sunlight, the shirts on the backs of hundreds who gathered along the Detroit River, and the ribbons that twirled from the tip of a small wooden stick in 10-year-old Harper Robinson’s…

18/05/2025 USA Today

Richard Linklater's ode to the French New Wave enchants Cannes

When Richard Linklater first started thinking about making a film about the French New Wave, he figured he’d show it all everywhere except one place: France

18/05/2025 The Independent

Why this year's strawberries are set to be sweeter

The UK's strawberry season is off to a "stonking start", according to one grower, with warm days and cooler nights meaning they are sweeter than usual.

18/05/2025 BBC

UK’s largest natural gas storage facility to shut down without government help

Centrica has said it remains in talks with ministers about Government cooperation to expand and revamp its Rough facility.

18/05/2025 The Independent

Major supermarkets team up for new campaign to fight hunger in the UK

Four UK supermarkets are launching a joint campaign to tackle hunger, following a challenge from the King.

18/05/2025 The Independent

Dramatic dip in baby hospitalizations for RSV linked to vaccine and treatment

New vaccines and treatments are linked to a dramatic decline in RSV hospitalizations for babies, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This past winter was the first RSV season with widespread…

18/05/2025 The Guardian

Could AI help elderly people and refugees reconstruct unrecorded pasts?

How a studio in Barcelona is using artificial intelligence to create 'synthetic memories' where no visual records exist.

18/05/2025 Al Jazeera

Surgeons Perform First Human Bladder Transplant

Surgeons in Southern California have performed the first human bladder transplant, introducing a new, potentially life-changing procedure for people with debilitating bladder conditions.

18/05/2025 New York Times

A study finds stacking bricks differently could help this country fight air pollution

Bangladesh suffers from extreme air pollution, but a new study shows the brick industry can make small changes to have a big effect on the country's smog problem.

18/05/2025 NPR

Apple to launch new accessibility features for people with vision or hearing impairments

Apple has announced a broad range of new accessibility features for iOS focused on people with vision or hearing impairments, with the company downplaying the notion that the price of Apple hardware means accessibility comes at a cost.

18/05/2025 The Guardian

Britain's temperate rainforests facing 'extinction crisis'

An "extinction crisis" is happening in Britain's temperate rainforests where some of the world's rarest mosses, lichens and liverworts are vanishing, ecologists have warned. Also known as Celtic rainforests, temperate rainforests are found primarily…

18/05/2025 BBC