The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...

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The country’s longest-standing Jewish newspaper ran fabricated stories that have prompted a widespread inquiry in Israel. But at home, the press regulator has show little interest in holding the title

A BBC study lays bare the scale of flood defences in England that are in need of maintenance.

In a frescoed tomb at Iznik’s Hisardere Necropolis, a rare Good Shepherd image of Jesus offers a new glimpse into Early Christian faith in Anatolia

Study on skull of Altamura Man could be blow to adaptation theories about Neanderthals and their extinction One sign of a really cold day is the sharp sting of freezing air in your nose. It was believed that the noses of Neanderthals were better adapted to breathing the cold air of the Ice Age and that when the climate became warmer they were outcompeted by modern humans. This is now being questioned. The opening in the Neanderthal skull is bigger than ours, with a larger nasal cavity behind it. This was thought to have bony convolutions to warm and moisten the incoming air, similar to those seen on some arctic mammals. These delicate structures would only survive in an exceptionally well-preserved skull though, so it was never clear whether they were actually present. Continue reading...

When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues Clive Lewis MP

Starmer’s BritCards have cited India’s Digital ID system as a positive example – here’s why that should scare you

Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed