Hundreds of GPs tell BBC they have never refused a fit note for mental health concerns
The number of fit notes issued has been rising, with more than 11.2m approved in England last year.
Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict.
Closing arguments begin Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has already been decided.
A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully.
Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.
Why African striped mice can be the best of dads — or the worst
Environmental cues can flip a molecular switch in the brain, turning males from caregivers to killers.
A strange ‘chirp’ in a brilliant stellar blast points to a magnetar
Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe. Astronomers may have found a mechanism that can trigger these events.
Bigfoot mystery after ‘eight sightings of huge creature in Ohio in five days’
Multiple Bigfoot sightings reported in Portage County, Ohio have left locals and cryptozoology enthusiasts in a frenzy, with witnesses describing encounters in broad daylight and
Wonderful raises $150M Series B to scale its enterprise AI agents across 30 countries
The Amsterdam-headquartered startup has been out of stealth for just eight months, but it already has 350 staff, production deployments across four continents, and a
Zendesk acquires Forethought in its biggest deal in two decades
The 2018 Startup Battlefield winner is joining Zendesk as the race to own agentic customer service accelerates When Forethought won the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield competition
How much of the Gulf’s water comes from desalination plants?
Gulf states produce 40 percent of the world’s total desalinated water through more than 400 plants.
How Iran’s women footballers took asylum in Australia and what happens next
Al Jazeera breaks down the events surrounding the Iranian team – from the national anthem row to the players’ escape.
At least 64 killed, dozens reported missing in Ethiopia landslides, floods
Authorities have said most of those who died were found buried in mud.
Russia sentences 19 people for deadly concert hall attack that killed 149 people
A court in Moscow on Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage at a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people
Putin is trying to pitch himself as peacemaker in Iran, but Russia also sees opportunity
The Kremlin wants to exert its influence in the Middle East and has publicly said its support for Iran, a strategic ally, is unwavering. But
Air Transat, Air Canada adjusting ticket prices as jet fuel costs weigh on airlines
Air Transat is charging more for flights to Europe and Air Canada is adjusting prices as the soaring cost of jet fuel — triggered by