Could it help prevent blindness in diabetics?
Dean Raper Diabetic retinopathy cost Terry Quinn his vision This is the second feature in a six-part series that is looking at how AI is changing medical research and treatments. Terry Quinn was only in his teens when he was diagnosed with diabetes. In some ways he rebelled against the label and frequent tests, not […]
How feminism, not Bollywood, drew global audiences to Indian cinema in 2024
Getty Images Payal Kapadia’s (third from right) All We Imagine As Light won the Cannes Film Festival’s second-highest honour this year In 2024, as Bollywood struggled to find its footing, smaller films by Indian women that told nuanced stories made headlines in the country and across the world. In May, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s All […]
A year of extreme weather that challenged billions
Hasan Jedi/Getty Images Successive heatwaves added to the many pressures faced by the almost two million people displaced by the conflict in Gaza Climate change has brought record-breaking heat this year, and with it extreme weather, from hurricanes to month-long droughts. This year is expected to be the hottest on record, and new research shows […]
The uplifting science stories that turned heads in 2024
Reuters A “chopsticks” rocket catch by Elon Musk’s SpaceX was among the highlights of 2024 A total solar eclipse seen by millions, a lost jungle city discovered by accident and hope for the almost extinct northern white rhino – science has given us a lot to get excited about this year. One of the biggest […]
Putin reaches 25 years in charge of Russia, but has he ‘taken care’ of country, asks Steve Rosenberg
Getty Images Boris Yeltsin (L) announced he would be resigning immediately and handing over presidential powers to Vladimir Putin on 31 December 1999 I will never forget New Year’s Eve 1999. I was working as a producer in the BBC’s Moscow bureau. Suddenly there was breaking news: Russia’s President Boris Yeltsin had stepped down. His […]
Squid Game, Blackpink, K-pop and K-drama make South Korea a cultural superpower
Getty Images South Korean pop bands like Blackpink are a big hit globally – and among the country’s best-known cultural exports Evan Barringer was 14 years old when he stumbled onto Full House, a South Korea romcom where two strangers are forced to share a house. Sitting in his house in Memphis, he hit play […]
Job losses at Bletchley Park WW2 code-breaker museum
Bletchley Park Trust Bletchley Park was once top secret but now is a museum open to the public A museum at Bletchley Park, site of the World War Two code-breaking success, is to cut up to a third of its jobs after losing almost all of its income during lockdown. Up to 35 jobs at […]
Did bird strike contribute to South Korea plane crash? What we know
EPA More than 170 people died in the Jeju Air crash More than 170 people have died after a plane crashed as it was landing in South Korea on Sunday morning. The Jeju Air plane came off the runway before colliding with a wall at Muan International Airport in the south west of the country. […]
Gemma Davison: Chelsea Women winger leaves Women’s Super League champions
Chelsea Women winger Gemma Davison has left after a four-year spell with the Women’s Super League champions. Davison scored 14 goals in 78 appearances for Chelsea after signing from Liverpool in 2014. The 31-year-old featured 24 times in all competitions last season as Chelsea won the FA Cup and the league title. “It has been […]
Jimmy Carter, oldest of all US presidents, dies aged 100
Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100, the centre he founded has confirmed. The former peanut farmer lived longer than any president in history and celebrated his 100th birthday in October. The Carter Center, which advocates for democracy and human rights around the world, said he died on Sunday afternoon at his home […]