1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (230+ words) So what are peptides? They are short chains of amino acids that our bodies produce naturally. They act as messengers within the body, telling the cells what to do, and have many useful roles, from regulating hormones to influencing metabolism…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (1624+ words) The teenage Islamic State suspect lit the fuse of a homemade bomb and lobbed it at a crowd gathered outside the New York mayor's mansion. Then he lit another, before skipping over a metal barrier as a police officer chased…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (46+ words) As Ayatollah's son takes power, what does this mean for peace?The Times As Ayatollah's son takes power, what does this mean for peace? The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei shows that the Revolutionary Guard continues to call the shots Two…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (821+ words) There are many important places in the world, many crucial pieces of infrastructure and, as we have learnt this past week, many critical chokepoints, but few are quite as important as the Ras Laffan complex, at the very nape of…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (486+ words) President Trump has threatened to overthrow the communist government in Cuba but said he wanted to wait "a couple of weeks" after military interventions in Venezuela and Iran. Cuba is experiencing economic turmoil caused by a US blockade in the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (658+ words) Exorcists claim they get accustomed to being vomited on, sworn at and having nails spat at them by people possessed by the devil. But experts lining up to teach them new tricks at an exorcism course in Rome say they…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (963+ words) From his secret bunker last June, as Israeli missiles rained down on Tehran, Iran's supreme leader issued an instruction he had never given before: to prepare for his succession. With the threat of decapitation strikes hanging over him, Ayatollah Khamenei…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (767+ words) Parked at a petrol station, Peter Yazzie slipped into his orange high-vis vest before heading to work on a construction site when several cars pulled abruptly into the lot. Seeing other vehicles or people was rare at 4.30am in Phoenix. But…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (865+ words) International flights are being cancelled. Petrol has all but run out. Universities have closed. The electricity supply is more off than on. And nobody quite knows how it will end. President Trump's bet is that the communist government of Cuba…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (930+ words) Spooked by President Trump's praise of "very good talks" with Iran, Binyamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington on Tuesday to try to impress upon the US that any deal must curb ballistic missiles as well as Tehran's nuclear ambitions. The Israeli…...