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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. You’re likely not reading too much into your dog’s mood: according to researchers at the University of Cambridge, certain genes influencing golden retriever behavior are also traceable to human emotions including intelligence, depression, and anxiety. “The findings are really striking,” Eleanor Raffan, a neuroscience researcher and coauthor of a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said in a statement. “They provide strong evidence that humans and golden retrievers have shared genetic roots for their behavior.” Raffan and colleagues recently analyzed the…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

Abdallah Ibrahim, the former mayor of the village of Al Ghassaniyeh, has been applying to get back his olive groves and family house after Syria’s civil war. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Feng/NPR AL GHASSANIYEH, Syria — Under a golden autumn sun, Abdallah Ibrahim harvests fistfuls of hard, green olives with evident delight. “We were denied this pleasure for the last 14 years,” he sighs. Barrel bombs and constant shelling caused his family and most of the residents of his village, Al Ghassaniyeh, to flee during the second year of the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011.…

Trump’s revenge lawfare on James Comey and Letitia James gets thrown out of court.

Last year, Arturia launched its first stage keyboard, AstroLab. Unlike a synthesizer, stage keyboards are more focused on delivering performance-ready presets than sound design. They’re geared towards touring and performing musicians who need access to a range of sounds with minimal fuss, rather than bedroom tinkerers. But, while the first entries in the series were sizable and pricey — $2,999 for the 88-key model, and $1,999 for the 61-key model — the AstroLab 37 delivers the same sonic repertoire in a smaller, much more affordable package. It’s a portable 37-slimkey instrument that costs only $699.What makes the AstroLab range stand…

Aerial view of the densely inhabited area of Pozzuoli, located within the Campi Flegrei volcanic area. Over half a million people live in this region, which is continuously monitored due to the ongoing volcanic activity. Valerio Muscella for NPR hide caption toggle caption Valerio Muscella for NPR POZZUOLI, Italy — In Greek and Roman mythology, the Campi Flegrei volcano is depicted as the opening to the underworld. Its prehistoric eruptions blocked out the sun, turning summer into winter and covering Europe and Russia in thick volcanic ash. Now this powerful seismic giant near Naples is stirring again, shaking the ground…

The 2025 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort of rising U.K. talent across film, TV, and gaming, supported by Netflix, has been unveiled, and it represents creatives from across such craft areas as producing, writing, directing, editing, acting, and more. Among the 20 “must-watch” creatives highlighted in the latest year of the BAFTA Breakthrough initiative are Grand Theft Hamlet writer-director Pinny Grylls, whose feature documentary focuses on two out-of- work actors attempting to mount a production of Hamlet inside the world of Grand Theft Auto that was shot in game, Mr Loverman series writer and associate producer Nathaniel Price, Scottish Highlands period drama Harvest…

David Cameron has become the latest high-profile figure to back growing calls for the NHS to start screening men, or at least those at highest risk, for prostate cancer after being treated for it himself.He joined Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy and prostate cancer charities in saying that recent advances in diagnosing the disease mean that testing can be introduced that is much safer than traditional methods, which can produce both false-positive and false-negative results.On Thursday, the UK National Screening Committee will meet to discuss the latest evidence on the subject. The independent committee, which advises ministers, is under pressure…

Our extensive testing of airfare search sites—and AI chatbots—reveals your best options for finding cheap plane tickets in 2026.

The cofounder of Palestine Action is set to begin a legal challenge against the group’s controversial proscription as a “terrorist” group.Huda Ammori will bring the case before London’s High Court on Wednesday, after the Court of Appeal last month found reasonable grounds to argue that the proscription order interferes with the rights to freedom of speech and protest.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listA judicial review is expected to begin on Wednesday. The next hearings are scheduled for Thursday and December 2.If Ammori succeeds, the ban could potentially be lifted, bringing an end to a months-long campaign of civil…