‘Lip-smackingly sour’: the best (and worst) supermarket cottage cheeses, tasted and rated
Creamy, high-protein and all over our socials, cottage cheese is having a moment. We test the best …
Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
Observers express concern that the division has lost its independence and commercial reality has taken over
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke
Scientists race to untangle complex links between exposure and mortality as fire weather grows more prevalent
Foster + Partners cleared over man’s death when window fell from London penthouse
Court rules architecture firm not responsible for safety breaches before fatal incident but project managers and contractors found guilty
Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year
At last! It’s time for our invertebrate of the year competition as voted for by you. Yesterday it was the Lord Howe Island stick insect – come back on Saturday at noon (BST) to find out who else made the top 10
‘Fearless and quietly astonishing’: the dragonfly that migrates further than any other insect
Wandering gliders are descended from some of the earliest known insects – and breed as one global population
‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK
Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’
Baywatch honors teenage lifeguard hero who saved boy in viral video
Ryder Williams, 16, presented with distinctive red jacket by star of TV rescuer reboot, Stephen Amell
Parenting is hard. Should we let AI do it for us?
Tech companies offer eye-movement trackers, personalized podcasts and ‘optimized nap predictions’. Who actually needs this?
‘It might be one of the most unpopular tunes ever written!’: kids’ TV composers tell all
Big cheques, standing ovations, irate adults – there are surprising sides to composing a children’s TV theme tune. From Bluey to Byker Grove, the creators of the best reveal the secrets
Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered owing to record heat and drought conditions
A kids’ film taught me the power of delusion – and helped me chase my standup dreams
The protagonist of A Little Princess wills reality to bend to her desires. Comedians need that same idiot confidence when we’re starting out, or else we’d all give up
‘She’s the voice of a really particular moment’: how Phoebe Bridgers became her generation’s defining songwriter
The US songwriter’s third album has drawn rave reviews, she counts Taylor Swift as a fan and pop bears the imprint of her wit and pathos. Her peers explain how she did it