The Guardian Articles
The Guardian
Filter by Category
What has the UK Covid inquiry learned so far about vaccines and treatments?
The Covid inquiry has spent the past three weeks delving into the UK vaccine rollout and the decision-making around new and existing therapies for infected and vulnerable people. Here we look at the key findings from the module, the fourth of 10, in the inquiry chaired by Lady Hallett.
The …
Give Rachel Reeves's plan for UK growth a chance | Mohamed El-Erian
AstraZeneca cancels £450m Speke project, blaming cut in state funding
AstraZeneca has cancelled plans for a £450m expansion of its manufacturing plant in Speke, Merseyside, blaming a cut in the funding on offer from the government.
Only two days after Rachel Reeves highlighted life sciences as a key UK strength, in a speech setting out
‘Illegal’ among words most often linked to migrants in UK politics, report finds
The word “illegal” has been one of the terms most strongly associated with migrants in UK parliamentary debates over the past 25 years, research has found.
Findings from the Runnymede Trust, published on Friday, examine how politicians and the media have portrayed migrants, refugees and Muslims in their discourse.
The …
How the quick high of ‘fast-food gambling’ ensnared young men
Watching televised sports in 2025 can feel a little like sitting through one long gambling commercial, interspersed by occasional flashes of actual games. Those sports, meanwhile, are played in venues and uniforms plastered with the logos of yet more betting houses, airing on broadcasts that sprinkle in mentions of gambling …
New technology could make fridges cheaper and more eco-friendly
Land use plan for England to map best areas for farming and nature
‘A neural fossil’: human ears try to move when listening, scientists say
Wiggling your ears might be more of a pub party piece than a survival skill, but humans still try to prick up their ears when listening hard, researchers have found.
Ear movement is crucial in many animals, not least in helping them focus their attention on particular noises and …
‘Disrupt or be disrupted’ mainstream parties warned as voters turn to populists
Voters in western democracies are turning away from mainstream political parties and towards populists because they are losing faith in their ability to implement meaningful change, a major report based on surveys of 12,000 voters has found.
The popularity of traditional centre-left and centre-right parties across major democratic countries has …
Asteroid spotted that has 1.3% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032
A 100 metre-wide asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedures for the first time after telescope observations revealed it has a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted by an automated telescope in Chile on 27 December last year but has since risen to the …