Four in five blind people struggle with gap at UK train stations, survey finds

RNIB research uncovers high anxiety around rail travel with some having fallen into gaps or been trapped in doors ...

Blind, slow and 500 years old – or are they? How scientists are unravelling the secrets of Greenland sharks

Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet ...

Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords

Exclusive: Legislation thought be unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after opponents’ procedural delays ...

Blind date: ‘Did we kiss? Well, we didn’t want to let down the bartenders’

Jenny, 27, a gallery assistant, meets Sara, 29, a researcher ...

US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions

Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest ...

Forty years in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot

In 1978, Soviet scientists stumbled upon a family living in a remote part of Russia. They hadn’t interacted with outsiders for decades. Almost half a century later, one of them is still there ...

‘He’s taught me more about living than life itself’: on the road with Niki and Jimmy

At 17 Niki vowed to give her newborn son, born blind and profoundly disabled, the best life she could. Thirty years on she and Jimmy are travelling Australia in a Toyota Troopy, balancing hard-won fre ...

‘I’d give anything just to see her again’: owners’ grief for their beloved pets

As a study says a pet death can hurt as much as that of a relative, three people describe their emotions ...
Opinion

Thousands of Iranians have been killed protesting for their freedom. Why are so many silent on their plight?

US bombs are not the answer, but there’s much the outside world can do – starting with noticing the horror unfolding in Tehran, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland ...
Opinion

The perils of perfectionism – and why ‘good enough’ should be your goal

Healthy striving – a flexible wish to improve – accepts limits and understands that error is integral to mastery ...

‘America first’? Trump financial products raise questions about potential presidential conflicts of interest

Five exchange-traded funds have been launched by Trump Media, owner of the president’s social media platform Truth Social ...

Under your skin: toxic metals abound in tattoo inks sold in Australia, new study finds

Many tattoo inks available in Australia fail to meet current EU standards, with no national regulatory framework to protect consumers ...