Technology

This Jurassic Park science is now a reality

Researchers say they can use the talents of pesky blood-sucking mosquitoes to their benefit

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Rayan Cherki shows superstar potential as Man City breeze into Carabao Cup semi-finals

Manchester City 2-0 Brentford: Cherki scored a stunner to put City on course for victory while usual bagsman Erling Haaland watched from the bench

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Newcastle sweat over Tino Livramento after potentially crushing blow in Carabao Cup clash

Livramento has already missed eight weeks this season with a knee injury

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Manchester City dealt gutting injury blow as starlet winger forced off in Carabao Cup

Oscar Bobb missed much of last season with a fractured leg and has been dealt another injury setback

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin bragged about his Wordle score just before pulling the trigger, online messages reveal

Just 55 minutes after Tyler Robinson messaged a friend about his Wordle score, he allegedly fired the single shot that killed Charlie Kirk

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Why was Abdukodir Khusanov not sent off for Man City against Brentford?

Khusanov took out Kevin Schade as the last man in the 16th minute of the Carabao Cup quarter-final at the Etihad

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to set aside her conviction which may complicate the pending release of the Epstein files

Maxwell is currently serving 20 years in prison for her role in abusing minor girls with Epstein

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

FAA investigating after small plane crashes into New Hampshire condominiums

A pilot has been taken to the hospital with injuries after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in southern New Hampshire

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Court blocks Michigan ban on conversion therapy on free speech grounds

A federal appeals court has blocked Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for minors who are LGBTQ+, declaring it violates the First Amendment rights of therapists and counselors

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Final suspect in infamous 1983 KFC murders identified, Texas officials say

Devan Riggs was identified as the last of three men tied to the grisly killings of five people who had been abducted from the chicken restaurant in Rusk County, Texas, over four decades ago

Dec 17, 2025 • 5 min read

Fraud warning for people expecting warm home discount

Criminals may target people with fake texts and calls to persuade them to provide their bank details.

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

Illegal injectable vitamins sold on Etsy ‘putting people’s health at risk’

Some did not contain any of the legally required nutritional information

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

Met Office shares stark global temperatures warning as warming ‘surge’ continues

Scientists have repeatedly warned of the increasingly severe impacts of higher warming

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

200th banking hub opens with chocolate coins marking the event

Visitors to the hub in Billericay in Essex can explore a display of coins made from chocolate.

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

Parents told not to do everyday habit during Christmas

Dame Rachel admitted she had previously been ‘as guilty’ on the issue

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

Revealed: The 10 vehicles most likely to be stolen as thefts soar

More than 80,000 vehicles stolen between January and September this year, according to new data

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

Lewis Miley’s goal a ‘reward’ for reaction to right-back role – Eddie Howe

Miley filled in at right-back as the Carabao Cup holders reached the semi-finals again.

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

AOC pulls ahead of JD Vance for first time in 2028 election head-to-head, poll finds

The New York democratic socialist tweeted about the poll and spoke to The Independent about why she did

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

Florida teen undergoes 17-hour surgery to amputate 170-pound leg that grew so fast she had to use a wheelchair

14-year-old Jasmine Ramirez’s condition is so rare doctors do not have a name for it

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read

Corey Feldman alleges Corey Haim ‘molested’ him while they were making The Lost Boys

Feldman has previously claimed that both men were sexually abused when they were child actors

Dec 18, 2025 • 5 min read