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Remember water power in the renewables mix | Brief letters
This is a Guardian “Brief letters” page, in which readers respond to recent articles. The lead letter takes issue with a visual analysis of Britain’s green energy transition (4 July), noting that it overlooked water power; the writer argues that wave power, tidal power and hydroelectricity all deserve a place in the conversation alongside wind…
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Deflated ‘The View’, ABC pushes back against FCC citing free speech
ABC has formally pushed back against the Federal Communications Commission over its attempt to strip the daytime panel show The View of its status as a “bona fide” news programme, a designation that exempts it from FCC “equal opportunities” rules requiring balanced airtime for political candidates. In reply comments filed with the regulator, the Disney-owned…
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Age-verification failures found among platforms covered by Australia’s under-16 social media ban
A study has found that several social media platforms covered by Australia’s forthcoming under-16 social media ban are failing to verify the ages of their users, with researchers reporting they were never once asked to confirm how old they were while setting up accounts. The findings matter because the ban is intended to keep younger…
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British June heat record, hottest June on record with 37.7C
Marks & Spencer has said it is investing in refrigeration equipment capable of coping with temperatures as high as 45C, after admitting its fridges struggled during recent extreme heat in the UK. Chief executive Stuart Machin told shareholders at the retailer’s annual meeting in London that the company was “assuming it’s going to get hotter”,…
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Yorkshire Water faces credit downgrade following regulatory performance failures
Yorkshire Water is set to be downgraded to a one-star rating by the Environment Agency after its annual financial report, covering April 2025 to March 2026, revealed a series of major failures including rising pollution, missed environmental projects and falling customer satisfaction. The downgrade matters because it comes despite the company raising customer bills by…
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Ancient fire use at Wonderwerk Cave dated to 1.79 million years ago
Researchers say they have found evidence that early human ancestors used fire at Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa as long as 1.79 million years ago, pushing back one of the earliest known records of fire use by hominins by hundreds of thousands of years. The finding, announced in a 24 June press release from the…
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Creatine may ease depression symptoms alongside standard treatment, review finds
A systematic review published in Genomic Press’s journal Brain Medicine suggests that creatine monohydrate, a widely used muscle-building supplement, may help ease symptoms of major depressive disorder when taken alongside standard treatments. The findings matter because creatine is cheap, readily available and generally well tolerated, raising the possibility of an accessible add-on therapy, though the…
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China gains competitive advantage from United States climate advocacy policies
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Fighting fraud in the next round of budget reconciliation legislation
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777, a genre-fusing debut single from ONE OK ROCK supergroup YAO
YAO, a new collaborative project uniting Japanese band ONE OK ROCK with artists Awich, Paledusk and Chico Carlito, has released its debut single, ‘777’. The venture matters as an experiment in fusing acts from different musical backgrounds into a single unit, with its name drawn from the Japanese concept of “Yaoyorozu no Kami”, meaning Eight…