<p>Everyone these days wants to optimise their workouts, but when a study seems too good to be true, it usually is</p><ul><li><p>Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh</p></li></ul><p>We live in an increasingly polarised world – and I’m not talking about politics, I’m talking about exercise. There’s a fitness community obsessed with constant <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/28/bizarre-exercises-online-influencer-workout-recommend">optimisation and hacks</a>: how can you get from 50 press-ups to 100, from an eight-minute mile to seven minutes, or increase your deadlifts from body weight to double or triple body weight – ideally using just “one weird trick” or novel method no one has seen before.</p><p>It seems as if no one is happy with basic fitness or steady progress. Or people are overly concerned with what’s secretly holding them back, from sleep to “I had a couple of glasses of wine … it <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2026/06/02/celebrities-take-aim-steven-bartlett-claiming-two-glasses-wine-ruined-life-three-days-28620379/">ruined three days of my life</a>” (that’s Steven Bartlett’s <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpz163vg2o">podcast</a>).</p><p>Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/23/fit-five-minutes-workout-exercise-a-day-dont-believe-it">Continue reading...</a>
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Supporters say growing flowers or food on unused land can improve mental health and local pride.
Supporters say growing flowers or food on unused land can improve mental health and local pride.
Special buoys and voluntary no-anchor zones mark sensitive seagrass habitats.
Special buoys and voluntary no-anchor zones mark sensitive seagrass habitats.
The purpose of Starfall is to support the "transport and delivery of goods through space."
Campaigners say improvements to the area trashed by illegal dredging show that marine protection works.
Renewed calls for forever chemical investigation following the release of historical site documents.
Renewed calls for forever chemical investigation following the release of historical site documents.
<p>Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for England, with temperatures potentially reaching 40C (104F) in some places. Europe is also dealing with a debilitating heatwave, with schools closed, trains cancelled and France even restricting the consumption of alcohol outdoors to take pressure off the emergency services. The high temperatures coincide with the coming El Niño, which some scientists have nicknamed Godzilla for its predicted strength. To find out whether the two are linked, Ian Sample hears from our Europe climate correspondent, Ajit Niranjan. He explains why it’s so hot, why we could be in for even worse and how we can keep as cool as possible</p><p><em>Clips: Sky News, BBC, Arirang News</em></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/21/el-nino-fears-godzilla-strength-hunger-famine">El Niño is back with a vengeance – and fears of ‘Godzilla’ strength may be the least of our worries</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/jun/23/extreme-heat-is-uk-becoming-40c-country-podcast">Continue reading...</a>
The group says that it is unlawful for Australia to continue approving fossil fuel exports without protecting its citizens.
The group says that it is unlawful for Australia to continue approving fossil fuel exports without protecting its citizens.
A new memo from the Department of Justice seeks to upend landmark disability laws and court rulings.
Campaigners say improvements to the area trashed by illegal dredging show that marine protection works.
Pfizer said an experimental drug it hoped could replace a widely used chemotherapy in one of the most common forms of lung cancer fell short in a clinical trial.
<p>Poor preparation and a failure to properly apply the coating may be just a few of the reasons why the Reflecting Pool’s new paint job appears to be peeling off</p>
A woman with severe Alzheimer's disease who hadn't spoken more than monosyllables in years began initiating conversation after a single dose of psilocybin
At least a dozen animals have been found with the flesh-eating maggots. It could take more than a year to eradicate the parasite again, experts warn.
<p>Observations suggest comet spent billions of years on ‘vast unimaginable trajectories’ around our galaxy</p><p>An interstellar comet that blazed past the sun last year could be nearly three times older than our solar system and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic back yard, astronomers said on Monday.</p><p>The comet 3I/Atlas is just the third visitor from beyond our solar system that humanity has ever observed, its unusual brightness offering scientists an unprecedented opportunity to study something that came from elsewhere in the galaxy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/22/interstellar-comet-may-be-oldest-object-seen-in-our-solar-system-research-finds">Continue reading...</a>
A spider living in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia, builds a snare trap reminiscent of a Roman-era ballista weapon that it uses to catapult green tree ants into a web 30 centimetres above
The brain undergoes a full renovation during menopause. Although these changes are profound, we’re learning that the long-term impact needn’t be all bad
<p>The solutions to today’s puzzles – and the winner of the Anguish Languish contest</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/22/can-you-solve-it-dotty-data-and-silly-sentences">Earlier today </a>I set these three puzzles about deception. Here they are again with solutions.</p><p><strong>1. Super syllabus</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/22/did-you-solve-it-dotty-data-and-silly-sentences">Continue reading...</a>
Federal health officials aim to speed up drug development and better compete with China.
Researchers say a surgery that let pigs with completely severed spinal cords walk again may lead to human trials, and then perhaps even full head or brain transplants. Columnist Helen Thomson is intrigued but sceptical of whether the technique can be successful in humans
Several start-ups have tried to grow seaweed to remove atmospheric CO2, but this could affect the levels of nutrients in the ocean and hamper other CO2-sucking processes