A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a 52-year-old mum who is said to have been beaten in her home. Police were called shortly after 10pm on…

Returning Dan Christian set for T20 World Cup audition for Australia
Veteran allrounder Dan Christian is set to return from almost four years in exile, while fellow Sydney Sixers star Josh Philippe will also have a chance to enhance his case…

Research paves the way to early diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy
Research conducted at Cruzeiro do Sul University in São Paulo, Brazil, can contribute to earlier diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy, a disorder characterized by damage to peripheral nerves, with symptoms such…

Smithfield Foods to pay $83 mln to settle pork price-fixing claims
Smithfield Foods Inc (SFII.UL) said on Wednesday it will pay $83 million to settle litigation that accused several companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $20 billion-a-year U.S. pork…

Season 2 of Netflix’s The Witcher series arrives this December
Following its entirely underwhelming first footage reveal of The Witcher TV show's second season earlier this year (all 12 seconds of it), Netflix has finally shared a first proper trailer…

Terrified woman calls police after finding huge snake slithering through her UK kitchen
A terrified woman called the police after finding a snake slithering its way around her kitchen. Officers headed to the home in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, in Scotland, where they found…

Bloody draws and blown penalties: six classic England v Italy games
England 2-0 Italy, November 1977 (World Cup qualifier)Under Don Revie 12 months earlier, goals from Giancarlo Antognoni and Roberto Bettega had condemned England to a comprehensive 2-0 defeat in Rome…

Soft tissue regeneration in a cell-free scaffold microenvironment
In a new report now published on Scientific Reports, Irini Gerges and a team of scientists in Italy and the U.S. studied the importance of biomechanical and biochemical cues to…

Dollar drives higher as traders look to Fed clues from U.S. jobs data
The dollar clung to recent gains on Wednesday as virus woes raised concerns in a market already on edge ahead of U.S. jobs data seen as crucial to the Federal…

Emotional texture: in praise of naturalism in games
One of my favourite things about playing games is a sensation of comfort through 'immersion'. You hear that term a lot in discussions about games, but every player finds immersion…