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Sexual enhancement supplements have always been a bit of a joke: you walk into a supplement store (or chuck a search into Google) and voilà – hilariously titled drugs that supposedly give you the sexual prowess of a god await you. All you have to do is pop a little pill and your flagging stamina or general lack of desire will disappear.But like all things that sound too good to be true, is there any evidence these supplements work – and could they be doing more harm than good?What are sexual enhancement supplements?Sexual enhancement supplements are usually sold as “natural”…

Manchester United are set to appoint the former Hearts manager Eva Olid as their new head coach to replace Marc Skinner, following his exit on Monday, multiple sources have told the Guardian.Talks with the 40-year-old are understood to be very advanced and she is expected to be introduced to the United squad on Wednesday.United are confident that the Spanish coach is the right person to lead them into a new chapter, as first reported by the Telegraph, as the Women’s Super League club focuses on developing young, homegrown players.Olid led Hearts to their first Scottish Women’s Premier League title last…

After the comedian Jimmy Cricket chose the catchphrase, “And there’s more!” he may have reflected that the words would one day have a poignant irony. As has now happened after his death, aged 80.The stage name was adopted by James Joseph Mulgrew, from Cookstown in Northern Ireland, when he worked as an entertainer at the Butlin’s and Pontins holiday camps from the 1960s at a time when these summer resort venues were an academy for UK entertainers.Both Jimmy and Jiminy Cricket were rooted in polite euphemisms for the expletive “Jesus Christ!”, but Mulgrew, a committed churchgoer and carefully clean comic,…

The EU’s top official on migration has criticised Spain’s plan to regularise undocumented migrants as “not a good signal” for Europe, after an emergency meeting intended to draw a line under divisions on the Ceuta crisis.Magnus Brunner, the European commissioner for migration, said that while the EU could not currently see a direct link between events in Ceuta and Spain’s regularisation plan, the policy was “definitely not a good signal for the rest of Europe”.It was a rare note of discord as the EU sought to move on from an acrimonious row, caused after tens of thousands of migrants arrived…

Rabia Sa’id of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to serve on a 21-member scientific panel studying the physical effects and societal impact of nuclear war. According to a publication by BUK media, the appointment, established under UN General Assembly Resolution 79/238, places Mrs Sa’id among the world’s premier scientists evaluating existential global nuclear threats. The panel’s findings are scheduled for presentation in 2027 to inform international policy on nuclear risk reduction, global security, and humanitarian protection. Mrs Sa’id, a professor born in Wangara, Kano State, earned her Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Master of…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday flagged off the construction of the 122-kilometre Kaduna–Birnin Gwari Road, a N178.12 billion federal infrastructure project expected to strengthen trade, reduce transport costs, restore economic activities and deepen investment across one of Kaduna State’s strategic agricultural and commercial corridors. The project, which already has more than N100 billion released to accelerate execution, is expected to reconnect Birnin Gwari to major markets after years of insecurity disrupted farming, commerce and the movement of goods and people. The highway links Mando in Kaduna to Birnin Gwari town and forms a critical segment of the wider Kaduna–Lagos…

T-Mobile is launching a new financing option that will allow you to pay for a device, taxes, and fees over 36 months. In an update on Tuesday, T-Mobile says its new Equipment Installment Plan (EIP) Flex 36 requires no upfront payment and will come with a 0 percent APR for a limited time.Even if you are financing a device, carriers typically require you to pay sales tax, an activation fee, or a down payment at checkout. T-Mobile says its new plan eliminates that by allowing you to pay off all of these costs over time — though its website notes…

Senator Adams Oshiomhole has built a reputation across decades for saying, loudly and on record, what many of his colleagues choose to leave unsaid. His latest intervention is no different and, this time, concerns something every Nigerian who has driven between cities understands immediately. Oshiomhole’s concern, expressed on the Senate floor, was that the Federal Minister of Works was seeking approval for 20 new road projects while existing highways across the country remained in dangerous disrepair. Oshiomhole argued that the minister needed to be guided, that the logic of construction without maintenance was the wrong sequence. Roads in Nigeria carry…

A 1945 report by Vannevar Bush, director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development, was seminal to the growth of US research.Credit: AP/AlamyLast month, Michael Kratsios, head of the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), released a report called Science: A New Golden Age. The 123-page document is a response to a letter from US President Donald Trump tasking Kratsios with ushering in “a new golden age of American innovation” (see go.nature.com/8tyfk4k). But how likely is it that the report will help the country to achieve this aim?White House rolls out AI funding — and signals…

Bubista becomes the latest coach to leave one of the 10 African sides which appeared at the World Cup.Vladimir Petkovic parted company with Algeria, who exited against Switzerland in the last 32, by mutual consent on Monday.The 62-year-old Bosnian, who was appointed in February 2024, had extended his contract with the Desert Foxes until 2028 earlier this year.Meanwhile, Hugo Broos stepped down as South Africa boss when his contract expired at the end of July, with the 74-year-old deciding to retire from management.Senegal sacked Pape Thiaw in the wake of their dramatic last-32 exit against Belgium, with the country’s football…