Phoenix ends a streak of 21 days of record heat in October

The fall season is in full swing, but folks in the Southwest can be forgiven for not noticing. Parts of Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico are in the grip of an extraordinary heat wave, with unseasonably warm temperatures 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit above average extending into mid-October. The heat is expected to finally break … Read more

Why are so many people happy with disgusting things?

Halloween is a time to embrace all things disgusting, from bloody slasher films to haunted houses full of fake guts and gore. But the appeal to things that exhaust us goes beyond this annual holiday. Flick through the TV channels and you’ll come across ‘adventure eating’ programmes, in which presenters and participants are presented with … Read more

M&S and John Lewis have launched new fashion collections today. There was one clear winner

My alarm was set for 7 am, the laptop was fully charged, fresh coffee was made and my shopping list was next to me. I, like thousands of other women in the UK, was ready to buy up the hottest fashion collaboration of the year: M&S x Bella Freud. I expected it to appear at … Read more

How artificial intelligence, AI, can help achieve precision nutrition

Precision nutrition means understanding how the complex system of biological, behavioral, social, … [+] environmental, economic and other factors combine to influence what you eat and what happens to your health. Artificial intelligence (AI) can help discover and integrate these interactions. (Photo: Getty) Getty Precision nutrition is about better tailoring diets and nutritional recommendations to … Read more

Why a Head Spa is our beauty editor’s treatment of the year

If every head spa review you read this year starts out the same way, that’s because it’s true: no one knows how much they’ll love a head spa (or realize it was exactly what they needed) until they try it, including me. When I posted on Instagram about my own main spa experiences (one at … Read more

MicroRNA – a new Nobel Prize winner describes the scientific process of discovering these small molecules that turn genes on and off

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, small biological molecules that tell the cells in your body what kind of cell they should be by turning certain genes on and off. The Conversation Weekly podcast spoke with Victor Ambros from his lab … Read more

Entain and Rentokil Initial shares rise, fashion company in £191m takeover

FTSE 100 Live (evening standard) FTSE 100 Live Thursday Just own it in a £191 million takeover UK orders improve Deliveroo’s performance Nestlé lowers guidance Market update: Entain and Rentokil in demand, Deliveroo shares higher 09:58 , Graeme Evans Recovery bets on Rentokil Initial and Entain today saw their shares make the cut in an … Read more

Storm forecasts have never been more accurate. Meteorologists have never had so much setbacks.

Nearly five days before Hurricane Milton struck Florida, National Hurricane Center forecasters predicted its track within just 12 miles (19 kilometers) of where the storm later made landfall. Predictions for Hurricane Helene were also accurate: The National Weather Service warned long before that storm hit the coast that “record flooding” in North Carolina, some 400 … Read more

A tear-filled standing ovation for ‘Gudda’ and three designers to watch

Sunday evening’s close, with a standing ovation for the grand finale of Lakme Fashion Week in collaboration with the Fashion Design Council of India by designer and couturier Rohit Bal, was perhaps the most emotionally charged evening in the history of Indian Fashion Week. Tears flowed freely as designers, models and old friends watched the … Read more

Scientists make surprising discovery of life in the ‘underworld’ of the seabed

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Scientists have discovered communities of animals, such as tube worms and snails, living in volcanic caves beneath the seabed, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem. Researchers made the astonishing discovery during a 30-day expedition … Read more