How did childcare in the US become so absurdly expensive?
Families are taking out lines of credit, working second jobs, commuting for hours and forgoing careers. It doesn’t need to be this way, experts say
Robin Buller
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/childcare-daycare-cost-absurdly-expensive

DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy as CEO steps down
Co-founder Anne Wojcicki to pursue independent bid as California attorney general tells users to delete data
Julia Kollewe
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/24/dna-testing-firm-23andme-bankruptcy-ceo-anne-wojcicki-data

Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function
Neurosafe procedure allows doctors to remove prostate while preserving as much nerve tissue around it as possible
Ian Sample Science editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/24/prostate-cancer-surgery-erectile-function-neurosafe

‘The goal is to disassemble public health’: experts warn against US turn to vaccine skepticism
As measles sickens hundreds and health secretary RFK Jr spreads dubious information, experts sound the alarm
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/vaccine-disinformation-trump-measles-covid

The one change that worked: I volunteered in a Paris bar – and found a whole new life in France
At first, I didn’t know my mouchoir from my torchon, but shifts at Le Bar Commun improved my French, opening up a world of opportunities
Megan Clement
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/24/one-change-paris-bar-french-opportunities

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started
Alexander Hurst
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/french-university-scientific-asylum-american-talent-brain-drain

‘I’m not stepping down’: Chuck Schumer defies Democrats’ calls over funding bill
Party leader faces backlash over his decision to support Republican-led bill to avoid government shutdown
Maya Yang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/23/chuck-schumer-democrats-funding-bill

Francis Bourgeois explores Malaysia’s iconic jungle railway
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0kz9068/francis-bourgeois-explores-malaysia-s-iconic-jungle-railway

‘We use them every day’: In some parts of the US, the clack of typewriter keys can still be heard
Chris Baraniuk
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250321-the-people-who-still-use-typewriters

Pioneering trial could ‘switch off’ arthritis
Sharon Barbour
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clynp17k23po