Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
HERE is an amazing fact, the biggest animal in the world, not just now but for all time isn’t any of those giant dinosaurs, it is the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculusis).
Bigger than any dinosaur, the blue whale can weigh up to about 180 tons (400,000lb) and measure 98 feet (30m) long.
Its tongue alone can weigh as much as an elephant and their hearts as much as a family car, yet they survive by eating a diet rich in tiny plankton. They are a good bit larger and heavier than the dinosaurs ever were.
Innovation in biotechnology is changing how we conceive of meat, say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency
Neutrinos are so abundant that 400 trillion pass through your body every second. ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT explain how scientists are seeking to know more about them
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results



