Ban on ketchup sachets is down to Burnham and not the EU, says No 10
Ministers plan consultation on outlawing single-serving packaging in line with EU policy
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Defeat ends Djokovic's hopes of making ATP Finals
Novak Djokovic is out of the race to qualify for the ATP Finals in Turin after a second-round defeat by qualifier Rinky Hijikata at the Paris Masters.
Trump’s billionaire-blue collar coalition has been smashed by class politics | Aditya Chakrabortty
As tech bosses get richer and ordinary Americans struggle, Democrats put the case against the US’s grotesque unfairness – and voters responded Remember the “vibe shift”? Just last year, columnists and corporate boardrooms alike declared that the second coming of Donald Trump meant the old rules of politics and even everyday civility were roadkill. “I feel liberated,” one top banker told the…
Three men arrested after suspected murder of non-league footballer
Three men have been arrested after the death of a "talented" and "inspirational" non-league footballer.
Lions’ Jack Campbell making progress on movement in upper body after injury during game
Linebacker has ‘full movement in lower body’ 26-year-old was injured making tackle on Sunday Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell says he has regained some movement in his body after sustaining a serious neck injury during his team’s win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The 26-year-old was treated for nine minutes on the field after making a tackle during Sunday’s game. Players from both…
Team USA stake could be sold to private investors
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) could seek private investment for a stake in its commercial rights.
£80m cocaine plot unravelled after lorry driver stopped at burger van
Police found 78kg of the class A drug in total
Husband who invited men to rape wife asked for an online review, court told
Nine men are on trial in Manchester accused of either taking part in abuse or encouraging offending on internet A husband who invited other men to rape and sexually assault his wife arranged for “more and more individuals” to visit his marital home, as he resolved “to satisfy his own perversity”, a jury has been told. The husband, who is in his 60s and from Stockport in Greater Manchester, has…
Sheryl Crow reveals 'incredible' Welsh heritage
The nine-time Grammy winner recalled visiting Wales for the first time in about 1990 with her parents.
Boffins use machine-learning tricks to create a starlight dimmer switch
FLIP reveals a planet hidden in Webb data, boosting detection sensitivity by up to 15 times
Democrats won Congress in a blue wave. Now comes the hard part.
Democrats can vote legislation through. But Trump still has veto power.
Is our obsession with controlling our lives making us unhappy?
Anna Lembke's thought-provoking book Radical Surrender argues that we are obsessed with dictating every event in our lives, and that we need to realise we can't control everything. David Robson takes stock
Arrival is 10 years old. This first-contact film is as brilliant as ever
Denis Villeneuve’s first (and probably best) foray into science fiction, Arrival, was released 10 years ago this month. It has hardly aged and is as staggering as it ever was, says film columnist Bethan Ackerley
If every ship were taken out of the water, would sea levels change?
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
Why do people look better in a mirror than in a photograph? Part 3
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? Part 6
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
This week’s new questions
Why do carnivorous quadrupeds sit on their haunches, but herbivorous ones don’t? Is the order of mathematical operations, given the acronym BODMAS, universal or does it break down in the quantum world?
The DNA is backwards on The Selfish Gene’s cover – again
Feedback notes with weary inevitability that a 50th anniversary edition of Richard Dawkins's classic work features a double-helix twisting the wrong way – not for the first time
A dyslexia diagnosis can help struggling children, but what about the rest?
Children who struggle to read and are diagnosed with dyslexia can get additional help, but those who can't afford a test or don't meet the criteria get left behind. Surely there is a better way?
Tom Gauld on our future robot overlords
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Twisteddoodles on scientific equipment training
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
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Buatsi 'open' to potential world title rematch with Parker
Zach Parker hopes victory over Umar Dzambekov on Saturday can lead him to a rematch with Joshua Buatsi, potentially for a world title.
Palestine Action ban undermined confidence in anti-terror laws, Supreme Court told
Co-founder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, is challenging the government's decision to proscribe the group.
Mugabe's son arrested over 'assault' during luxury car smuggling probe
The son of late former president Robert Mugabe will appear in court on 5 November with four other men.