2025.04.10

Pollen peril: how heat, thunder and smog are creating deadly hay fever seasons
Scientists say a complex mix of factors are making seasonal allergies worse for longer in many parts of the world – but why is it happening and is it here to stay?
Patrick Greenfield

Hay fever making your life a misery? Try these 20 tips from doctors and allergy experts
Do nasal sprays work? Which are the best antihistamines? Can honey help? What about a shower? We’ve got all the answers
Sarah Phillips

Surprise as sealskin is discovered to be cover material of ‘hairy’ medieval books
The findings from volumes kept in a Cistercian monastery in France shed new light on a robust medieval trade network that went well beyond local sourcing
Ella Creamer

FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Decision transfers control of ATF away from US justice department to the defense department for first time
Hugo Lowell in Washington

Woman gives birth to stranger’s baby after IVF bungle in Brisbane
Mistake at Queensland fertility care clinic results in woman unknowingly giving birth to another patient’s baby after embryos mixed up
Australian Associated Press

What’s inside a black hole?

Saliva test may turn tide on prostate cancer, claim scientists
James Gallagher