This is an abridged version of a piece I wrote shortly after her death a year today. I find it hard to believe Jane Goodall is gone. She was more than an icon to me. She was a friend, a mentor, and…

Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.

In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...

Norwich City majority shareholder Mark Attanasio has paid tribute to 'real gentleman' Michael Wynn Jones following his death on Monday.

If all the ice in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin melted, it would raise global sea levels 3 to 4 metres. It happened before – at temperatures we’re heading towards

Is AI a bubble or humanity's last invention? Impossible or inevitable? Obsolete cuts through the hype to answer all the AI questions you have, while raising some you probably aren't prepared for.

Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation

New Independent analysis reveals how many of the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are being priced out of the climate aid system, while countries able to access aid are seeing billions…

The Faculty of Public Health, the Royal Society of Public Health and partners are supporting the Bristol Declaration - calling for the transformation of the UK to a place where healthy transport optio...

Our fragmented political model will endure for the foreseeable future – and Reform will benefit from it until Burnham learns that cooperation is key, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Call to eject US data analytics giant on democratic grounds

Exclusive: Polling by More in Common has revealed support for a new tax on billionaires as chancellor John Healey attempts to balance his books in next month’s Budget

What would an economy look like that's inspired by the abundant generosity of a serviceberry tree: giving freely, circulating gifts, leaving enough for all? This September, two of the most compelling...

An evening of film clips and panel discussion in the Houses of Parliament on 26 October 2026, hosted by Clive Lewis MP. Add your name and we'll invite your MP.

Britain has private ownership while making the state responsible for planning via subsidies. The result is a zombie...

Cigarette butts account for roughly 12% of the litter found in rivers, lakes and beaches surveyed for a recent global review. Researchers pooled data from 130 studies conducted in 55 countries…

The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August

Dutch lead civilian drills to withstand Russian sabotage and natural disasters

In the highlands above Villa de Arma, community leaders once walked through ice and snow. They still remember the stories told by their grandparents of the Apus, high-mountain spirits that guard the…

The nation’s electric utilities release vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. Recycling efforts could slash emissions at little cost, an Inside Climate News analysis reveals.

Writer, teacher and naturalist who explored the effects of the natural world on neurodivergency

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to ban pet flea and tick treatments from general sale.

Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister