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The Guardian view on China’s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises | Editorial

BYD, a Chinese carmaker once dismissed by Tesla’s CEO, claims to have outpaced western rivals with charging tech that’s as fast as filling petrol enginesTesla’s boss, Elon Musk, once thought

Director Uses Takedowns to Remove Pirate Bay Docu “TPB-AFK” from YouTube

Released in 2013, The Pirate Bay documentary TPB-AFK offers insight into a pivotal moment in Internet history. Created by Simon Klose, the film follows three Pirate Bay founders during their

Tuberculosis was once a disease in decline, but a resurgence in cases has health officials puzzled

Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic. Reports of TB date back to the

Just Stop Oil protester, 78, returned to jail as no tag fitted her, on her life inside

Gaie Delap on the shocking failures in healthcare and support she saw in jail, and how she coped with being there“I was behind bars for Christmas, new year and my

Podcast Episode Rerelease: Dr. Seuss Warned Us

This episode was first released on May 2, 2023. We’re excited to announce that we’re working on a new season of How to Fix the Internet, coming in the next

Labour head of Commons tech group warns No 10 not to ignore AI concerns

Chi Onwurah urges government to bring forward AI safety bill instead of delaying it to curry favour with Donald TrumpConcerns about the safety of artificial intelligence are at risk of

Royal Society honours pioneering scientists who were first female members

A year-long series of events marks 80 years since admission of Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale in 1945When Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein became fellows of the Royal

Could you walk across the UK in a perfectly straight line? Inside YouTube’s strangest challenge

On straight line missions, YouTubers jump fences, wade through rivers, and almost die in peat bogs. It’s completely pointless – and weirdly beautifulSpending too much time on YouTube can be

‘They have no one to follow’: how migrating birds use quantum mechanics to navigate

Evidence is mounting to explain how birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to help fly thousands of miles with unerring accuracy – a discovery that may help advance quantum technologyTo

After becoming obsessed with self-help, I had to heal from ‘healing’

How the writer found her ongoing fixation on self-development was actually working against her I have lied to people. Last year I read twice the amount of self-help books than

More US states report measles cases amid vaccine misinformation

Ohio, Maryland and Alabama among states to report new cases, with 378 confirmed in first few months of 2025More US states are reporting measles cases as the Texas outbreak expands,

3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief

The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said on