The World Anti-Doping Agency could investigate if evidence emerges that male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance.
Louvre Museum crown left crushed but 'intact' after raid
Feb. 5th, 2026 06:19 pmThe Paris museum issues the first pictures of the crown since the theft, saying it was left "badly deformed".
Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners as peace talks end without breakthrough
Feb. 5th, 2026 05:21 pmThe swap - the first since October - sees 157 Ukrainians and 160 Russians returned home.
Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide
Feb. 5th, 2026 04:42 pmIsrael declines to comment on the allegation its planes sprayed glyphosate over an area with extensive farmland.
Japanese city cancels cherry blossom festival over badly behaved tourists
Feb. 5th, 2026 01:07 pm"Overtourism" during Japan's iconic blossom season makes life for locals in Fujiyoshida town unmanageable, authorities say.
Talks with US set to continue after 'good beginning', Iran's foreign minister says
Feb. 6th, 2026 05:59 pmAbbas Aragchi spoke after hours of talks in Oman ended, which the two countries entered with significantly different positions.
We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands
Feb. 6th, 2026 12:15 amA couple who stayed in Shenzhen discovered their intimate moments were filmed as spy-cam porn.
Meet the women protecting India's snow leopards
Feb. 6th, 2026 12:15 amThe women brave biting cold to count and conserve a predator once seen as a threat in their villages.
Norway investigates former PM Jagland over alleged Epstein links
Feb. 5th, 2026 11:39 pmPolice say Thorbjørn Jagland is suspected of "aggravated corruption", requesting for his immunity to be revoked.
BBC Inside Science
Feb. 5th, 2026 09:00 pmNew research on how forever chemicals get into our environment.
Kanzi the famous bonobo may have understood ‘pretend’ objects
Feb. 5th, 2026 07:01 pmThis famous ape may have understood pretend actions—suggesting he had the capacity to imagine
South Carolina measles outbreak is triggering dangerous brain swelling in some children
Feb. 5th, 2026 06:40 pmThe South Carolina measles outbreak has triggered rare but serious brain swelling in some children
Epstein files show a complicated relationship with science and journalism
Feb. 5th, 2026 06:30 pmJeffrey Epstein aggressively sought access to publishers, mentions of Scientific American and other media in Department of Justice files show
Katharine Burr Blodgett’s brilliant career began at the ‘House of Magic’
Feb. 5th, 2026 06:00 pmWhen a young Katharine Burr Blodgett joined future Nobel Prize winner Irving Langmuir at the General Electric Company’s industrial research laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y, it was the start of her brilliant career
Where did Luna 9 land on the moon?
Feb. 5th, 2026 05:35 pmScientists have spent decades searching for the final resting place of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. Now they’re on the cusp of finding it
Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for believing Mandelson's 'lies'
Feb. 5th, 2026 10:24 pmThe PM says the depth of the pair's relationship was not known when he was appointed US ambassador.
Israeli intelligence chief's brother charged with smuggling cigarettes into Gaza
Feb. 5th, 2026 05:58 pmBezalel Zini, an Israeli military reservist on active duty, is accused of smuggling 14 cartons of cigarettes in exchange for $117,000.
US and Iran agree to hold nuclear talks in Oman on Friday
Feb. 5th, 2026 02:10 pmThe talks had appeared to be in jeopardy, with the two countries at odds over the location and parameters.
Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners as peace talks end without breakthrough
Feb. 5th, 2026 05:21 pmThe swap - the first since October - sees 157 Ukrainians and 160 Russians returned home.
Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide
Feb. 5th, 2026 04:42 pmIsrael declines to comment on the allegation its planes sprayed glyphosate over an area with extensive farmland.