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A ‘longevity revolution’ is coming. Here’s how those over 100 are making the most of their lives

Loneliness. Ageism. Physical limitations, cognitive decline and, increasingly, elder poverty. The downsides of living to 100 and beyond are numerous. But so are the upsides.

28/04/2024

Nigel Slater’s recipes for green vegetable stew with basil pesto toasts, and asparagus with melted cheese

There’s a deep bowl of soup on the table, green as a summer lawn, chock-full of spring vegetables, waiting to be ladled out. There are leeks and courgettes, tiny green peas, spring onions and broad beans all jostling for attention.

28/04/2024

From petri dish to plate: meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table

The redbrick offices, just north of Hamburg’s River Elbe and a few floors below Carlsberg’s German headquarters, are an unexpectedly low-key setting for a food team gearing up to produce Europe’s first tonne of lab-grown fish.

28/04/2024

‘We live in a golden time of exploration’: astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger on the hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life

Staring into the abyss… Am I really reaching anyone out there?” Lisa Kaltenegger is laughing about the unsatisfactory experience of teaching astrophysics over Zoom during Covid lockdowns, but she could be talking about her vocation: trying to…

27/04/2024

The ‘boring phone’: stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones

It’s almost enough to make you stop doomscrolling: dull devices are now cool. The Boring Phone is a new, featureless flip phone that is feeding the growing appetites of younger people who want to bin their smartphones in favour of a dumbphone.

27/04/2024

‘Is it aliens?’: how a mysterious star could help the search for extraterrestrial life

It is our galaxy’s strangest star, a flickering globe of light whose sporadic and unpredictable output has baffled astronomers for years.

27/04/2024

UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’

A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to prevent some of the environmental damage and human rights abuses associated with mining for “critical minerals”. Mining for some of the key raw materials used in low-carbon…

26/04/2024

Egg labels, egg-splained: from cage-free to free-range, how to eat ethically and economically

Shopping for eggs at the grocery store can be a confusing experience. Cartons are labeled with all kinds of descriptors – natural, organic, cage-free, free-range – and some cost more at checkout.

26/04/2024

‘Massive and exciting impact’: show celebrates Spain’s first abstract art museum

In July 1966, as the Beatles were preparing to release Revolver and Spain was approaching the 30th anniversary of the coup that birthed the Franco dictatorship, a Spanish-Filipino artist called Fernando Zóbel threw open the doors of an improbable…

26/04/2024

Secret to eternal youth? John Cleese extols virtues of stem cell treatment

Stem cells have become a favoured miracle treatment among the rich and famous, with Kim Kardashian reportedly a fan of stem cell facials and Cristiano Ronaldo turning to stem cell injections after a hamstring injury.

26/04/2024

British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wild

A furious row has blown up in the UK’s leading succulent society over the practice of taking desirable specimens from the wild, with the chair now resigning in protest over the behaviour of his fellow enthusiasts.

26/04/2024

New EU nature law will fail without farmers, scientists warn

The EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is enacted in partnership with farmers, a group of leading scientists has said, after months of protests have pushed the proposals to the brink of collapse.

26/04/2024