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Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01812-1The scientific community awaits a patent for recombinant DNA technology, and experimentation with an anaesthetic from puffballs, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

England latest: 'I saw the Ghana result coming,' says Tuchel

What a lot of Krapp. Pardon my French but Samuel Beckett’s haunting 1958 masterpiece about regret and isolation is having a moment. Stephen Rea recently took Krapp’s Last Tape on an international tour, Gary Oldman returned to the stage after decades away to deliver the tragicomic one-man show and this summer Stockard Channing will direct it at the Edinburgh fringe, with David Westhead as Krapp. Beckett’s eponymous loner, who sits in his dark den and ritually listens to tapes he made as a younger man, is riding a new wave of popularity.Peter Marinker first played Krapp half a lifetime ago…

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Djed Spence appeared to bypass Thomas Partey during the pre-match handshakes ahead of England’s World Cup Group L clash against Ghana, amid the ongoing legal case involving the former Arsenal midfielder. Television footage showed the Tottenham defender walking past Partey during the customary pre-match greetings, while the Ghana international appeared to exchange handshakes with other members of the England squad. Djed Spence was the only England player who refused to shake Thomas Partey’s hand before kick-off. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝 pic.twitter.com/CmnFLSxuxQ— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Footballtweet) June 23, 2026 The incident came days after Partey was denied entry into Canada and missed Ghana’s opening…

‘Paid parental leave is not safe’ with Hanson, Plibersek saysTanya Plibersek has refuted Pauline Hanson’s claims that her comments on paid parental leave were taken out of context.Plibersek says Hanson claimed in 2017 that women “just get pregnant to get the money” and that she’s been completely unsympathetic to the financial stress of having a baby.The social services minister is today spruiking the extension of government paid parental leave that will give parents 26 weeks – at the minimum wage rate. Four of those weeks will have to be taken by the second partner.(This announcement isn’t a new one but…

Africa added more than 4,200 megawatts (MW) of new hydropower capacity in 2025, making it a fast growing region for hydropower development globally, according to a new report released by the International Hydropower Association (IHA). The report, 2026 World Hydropower Outlook, said the continent commissioned 4,297 MW of new hydropower capacity during the year, the second consecutive year that additions exceeded 4,000 MW. The growth was driven largely by the completion of mega projects in Ethiopia and Tanzania, even as more than 90 per cent of Africa’s hydropower potential remains untapped. The findings come as Nigeria continues to grapple with…

The Nex Playground is the family-centric, Kinect-like game console that made one Verge editor’s kids laugh, cry, and ask for more playtime, even when they were sick. The motion-based game play isn’t perfect, but it has won over plenty of parents — and it’s on sale for $239 at Amazon, down from its current MSRP of $299. That’s a healthy discount, though only slightly better than the Nex’s original $250 price.Like so many other gadgets, the Nex Playground became a victim of RAMageddon when its price went up in April. It got a $60 discount shortly after for Amazon’s week…

The National Security Agency has lost access to a powerful A.I. model developed by Anthropic amid the Trump administration’s brawl with the start-up, U.S. officials said, depriving the intelligence agency of a tool that has impressed and alarmed its analysts with how good it is at finding software weaknesses.This month the Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic, citing national security concerns. That action forced Anthropic to pull back the release of its most advanced models, known as Mythos 5 and Fable 5.The N.S.A.’s cybersecurity analysts had been testing versions of Anthropic’s tools when the latest models were unplugged.The controlled…

The Kaduna State Ministry of Health, with support from Sightsavers, has commenced preparations for a mass treatment campaign targeting over one million children against schistosomiasis, a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD), contracted from infected freshwater. The preparations began with a two-day stakeholders’ planning meeting on schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, held in Kaduna on Tuesday. Speaking during the meeting, the State Coordinator for NTDs, Zainab Haruna, stated that the programme was designed to protect children who are most vulnerable to the disease and often lack access to treatment. “Our target is to treat school-aged children from five to 14 years, as…