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‘Very hot’ coffee and tea linked to higher cancer risk in nearly 1 million adults
A large University of Oxford study has found that regularly drinking tea or coffee at very high temperatures is linked to a substantially higher risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), a cancer affecting the cells lining the gullet. Researchers said people who described their drinks as “very hot” had around three times the risk…
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They’re Talking!: Paramount & AGs Settlement Talks Set For Next Month, But $7M Daily Ticking Fee Still Kicking In, For Now
A federal magistrate judge in Oakland has ordered Paramount Skydance and a coalition of a dozen state Attorneys General to hold an in-person settlement conference over two consecutive days at the end of October, in the latest twist in the legal battle over Paramount’s $111 billion (£87 billion) merger with Warner Bros Discovery. The order…
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TalkFuse evening briefing, 11 Sep 2026 19:42
Fresh Labour tensions over Andy Burnham’s devolution and visitor-levy plans, plus a demand for answers on the flight-grounding air traffic control meltdown; also, Merseyside Police’s search for a bin-bag murder victim’s identity, deadly Italian storms, soaring European gas prices, AI safety warnings and De Niro’s fr…
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Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics
Researchers have used mass spectrometry-based proteomics to analyse glues, adhesives, paints and plaster from ancient Egyptian artefacts without damaging them, revealing new details about the materials used by craftsmen thousands of years ago. The technique, published in a new paper in Science Advances, matters because it offers a way to study precious, irreplaceable objects in…
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Trainee doctor who killed a cyclist while speeding at 59mph in 30mph zone is jailed – despite sister of victim’s call for leniency
Trainee doctor Yasin Khan, 23, has been jailed for four and a half years after admitting causing the death of cyclist Ben Steward by dangerous driving, despite the victim’s sister publicly pleading with the court to show him mercy. Khan, who was studying medicine at the University of East Anglia, was driving at up to…
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Mars astronauts could live in houses made of yeast and jello, say scientists
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a method for 3D-printing building material on Mars using bioengineered yeast and gelatin mixed with simulated Martian soil, avoiding the energy-intensive heating usually required to turn regolith into usable building blocks. The technique, described in a paper published on Thursday by teams from The Hong Kong University of Science…
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What happens when quantum mechanics and relativity meet?
Physicists led by Ron Folman at Ben-Gurion University, working with international collaborators including Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, have built a new type of interferometer to test a near century-old theoretical prediction about how free fall affects a quantum wave. The experiment matters because if the long-standing theoretical prediction turns out to be wrong, it would…
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Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone
A growing number of AI researchers and industry insiders are publicly warning that the push towards “recursive self-improvement” — AI systems that use their own coding abilities to design and accelerate successors — risks removing human oversight from the development process entirely. Concerns have intensified in recent weeks following a wave of dramatic AI capability…
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Police still can’t name the Woman In The Pink T-Shirt: Officers knock 625 properties and retrieve footage from 30 cameras in search to identify ‘murdered’ pensioner, 70, whose body was found in bin bag
Merseyside Police are still trying to identify a woman, believed to be around 70, whose body was found dumped in a bin bag in Stanley Park, Anfield, on 28 August. Despite an extensive door-to-door and CCTV operation, detectives have made no headway in establishing who she is, and the case has unsettled local residents who…
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Extremely rare Ice Age relic from massive extinct creature dating back more than 10,000 years is found in California creek
A geomorphologist surveying a San Mateo County creek in California this summer found what she initially thought was an oddly shaped rock, which paleontologists have since confirmed is an intact adult Pacific mastodon molar dating back at least 10,000 years. The find, announced by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, is being hailed by experts…