Technology

West Virginia spent $3M to create university program to fight ‘woke ideology.’ One student is enrolled

West Virginia spent $3M to create university program to fight ‘woke ideology.’ One student is enrolledState lawmakers mandated the center’s creation d...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

West Coast clams are coming down with cancer

West Coast clams are coming down with cancerPollution and climate change-driven heat are worsening the outbreakBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Who is Telemachus, again? Circe? A guide to the characters of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

Who is Telemachus, again? Circe? A guide to the characters of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'Christopher Nolan has adapted “The Odyssey” to make it...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Burnham’s chief lieutenant claims Starmer’s government was sexist

Burnham’s chief lieutenant claims Starmer’s government was sexistLouise Haigh claims that Starmer’s government ‘deliberately mistreated women’ – and s...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

Duchess of Edinburgh makes unexpected cameo appearance on The Archers

Duchess of Edinburgh makes unexpected cameo appearance on The ArchersThe BBC radio show superfan recorded her lines in secretBookmarkCommentsGo to com...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

South Florida's Palm Beach airport renamed President Donald J. Trump International

South Florida's Palm Beach airport renamed President Donald J. Trump InternationalA South Florida airport has officially changed its name to the Presi...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Colorado mayor accuses local schools of using too much water to keep their lawns green amid drought restrictions

Colorado mayor accuses local schools of using too much water to keep their lawns green amid drought restrictionsColorado is suffering from drought con...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

The Independent’s newsletters recognised with two industry awards

The Independent’s newsletters recognised with two industry awardsMiguel Delaney's Inside Football and Independent Money, written by business and money...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Step aside Reflecting Pool algae bloom — ‘pistachio tide’ is killing hundreds of fish in Baltimore harbor

Step aside Reflecting Pool algae bloom — ‘pistachio tide’ is killing hundreds of fish in Baltimore harborBaltimore’s Inner Harbor had three fish kills...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Taco Bell is pulling these ingredients from menu items amid ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite outbreak

Taco Bell is pulling these ingredients from menu items amid ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite outbreakThe menu changes come as health officials investigat...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

‘President Donald Trump Airport’ is christened in Palm Beach — but flight attendants may not call it that

‘President Donald Trump Airport’ is christened in Palm Beach — but flight attendants may not call it thatThe South Florida airport officially became D...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

New York sues 3M, DuPont and other companies over so-called forever chemicals

New York sues 3M, DuPont and other companies over so-called forever chemicalsNew York’s attorney general is suing several large chemical and agricultu...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

The strange and surprisingly moving story behind Count Binface, the man taking on Farage

In FocusThe strange and surprisingly moving story behind Count Binface, the man taking on FarageAs the main political parties refuse to take part in t...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

A hidden immune backup system could supercharge mRNA cancer vaccines

The success of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic transformed vaccine science. Now, the same Nobel Prize winning technology...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Sports

Three dead after rogue doctor gave patients wrong medical advice and to avoid Covid-19 jab

Three dead after rogue doctor gave patients wrong medical advice and to avoid Covid-19 jabOne patient was told their symptoms were down to poor fitnes...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

AI notetakers promise easy meeting recaps,, but some professionals question their use

AI notetakers promise easy meeting recaps,, but some professionals question their useAI notetakers can quickly summarize meetings and create to-do lis...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Violent criminal who killed ‘kind’ grandfather carried out vicious stabbing weeks earlier

Violent criminal who killed ‘kind’ grandfather carried out vicious stabbing weeks earlierRasheed Rahman was left free to murder Mark Carroll despite f...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

‘We are waiting for the Americans to save us’ – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within

Thirty years after first visiting Havana, an expert in US-Cuba relations reports on his latest visit.

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

This Mars rover could finally reveal whether life ever existed on Mars

Mars was not always the cold, dry world we see today. Billions of years ago, scientists believe it may have been warm, wet, and wrapped in a much thic...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

A vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have uncovered how humans develop sharp central vision before birth, identifying a carefully timed interaction...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read