headlines
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EU migration summit stalls as Turkey ups demandsEU leaders are set to call on Turkey to do more to stop migrants and refugees from making the dangerous journey across the Aegean Sea to Greece
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MH370 families believe loved ones are still aliveOn the eve of the two-year anniversary of plane’s disappearance many relatives reject the idea it crashed in the ocean -
Scientific anatomy paper citing a 'creator' retracted after furorePaper states “hand coordination should indicate the mystery of the Creator’s invention,” although the Chinese authors say a linguistic mix-up is to blame -
highlights
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12 things today's gamers don't remember about the good old daysWe look back on video game history with rose-tinted nostalgia, but some things tend to get overlooked amid those misty-eyed tales of gaming yore
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The buffalo huntThe American bison once faced extinction – now they’re being culled. Native American photographer Joe Whittle attends a hunt held by tribal members
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Lost for words? A new app writes witty texts so you don’t have toNow you can crowdsource the funniest possible responses to messages you’ve received. It’s basically Cyrano de Bergerapp
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Airbnb's most popular rentalKitty Mrache’s ‘geodesic dome loft’ has appeared on the site for seven years and is so busy her own children have to wait in line
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Everyman and superman: Sundays won't be the same without ManningManning’s statistical achievements were tempered by his postseason frailty, but no one better embodied the NFL’s evolution into a passing league
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Diaz is a rare underdog after UFC 196: one who remains a villainMany MMA purists see the Californian as a hero dedicated to his craft but he failed to win over a wider audience after his defeat of Conor McGregor
opinion
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Unregulated drones are accidents – and worse – waiting to happenAn airliner metres from disaster above Heathrow shows how unprepared we are – whether from a terrorist attack or hobbyists losing control
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The secret life of a games programmer: I’ve lived my dream and it came up short‘Passion’ meant working six days a week –16-hour days. I still play games, but having seen the inside of the sausage factory they’ll never be the same again
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Republican race heats up after big weekend of votingBig weekend of caucus and primary voting partly overshadowed by death of former first lady Nancy Reagan, but wins all round showed there’s life still in both party races
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Rebels clash with Kurds in Aleppo with peace talks set to go onUmbrella opposition group likely to send delegation to Geneva despite some of most intense fighting since truce began
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in depth
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From messages between academics to a global epidemicRay Tomlinson, the man who invented the @ sign, has died. Here’s a brief history of email, from the Queen’s first mail to the triumph of spam
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Restaurant serves up Florida's most reviled breedsCrickets in brie and wild Texas antelope sushi are on the menu at pop-up restaurant Prey, where disruptive plants and animals find a new purpose
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'New vibe' of stability and growth aims to entice investorsAfter years of political turmoil, Ivory Coast’s budget minister hopes booming economy and improved infrastructure will create climate to attract investment
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‘I came to New York and I was cleaning toilets’Five decades on from The Graduate making him a star, he talks about racism, movies and wishing he was Jack Nicholson
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The most radioactive towel in historyThe Russian dissident was murdered with polonium, but only on the third attempt. In an extract from his book A Very Expensive Poison, Luke Harding traces the toxic trail the clueless assassins spread around London
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One man's mission to create a sovereign Indigenous country in AustraliaIn 2014, the former press gallery journalist officially ‘quit’ Australia to form his own nation in Queensland. Almost two years later, he is Yidindji foreign minister
the big picture
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Workers at Fukushima nuclear plantWorkers of Tepco, Toshiba and Kajima Corp at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant five years on from the 9.0 earthquake
Revealed The 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income
Generation Y A guide to a much-maligned demographic
Who's winning? Compare income with every other generation
'It's not just you' Millennials share their secret fears