Woman who fears daughter faces FGM gets deportation reprieve

Theresa May intervenes after SNP MP highlights case of Lola Ilesanmi who feared three-year-old daughter would face female genital mutilation in Nigeria

Babatunde Osotimehin obituary

Executive director of the United Nations Population Fund who fought against child marriage and female genital mutilation

Pregnant in the field: have trowel, will travel

An archaeologist gave birth to a new photographic genre by asking fellow scientists to post snaps of themselves digging while expecting

‘Gwyneth glows like a radioactive swan’ – my day at the Goop festival

With its kale ice-cream, rose quartz eggs and inhouse shaman, Paltrow’s ‘wellness adventure’ is silly and fun. But is it only for rich, white people who are disproportionately well already?

‘Working nights, I end up in a strange limbo’: readers on jobs that affect sleep

A study suggests security guards are among those who get the least sleep. We asked you how your work affects your ability to relax, and your health

Air pollution linked to poor sleep, study finds

Exposure to nitrogen dioxide and airborne particles affects sleep efficiency, says medical professor

Bad sleep makes it harder to keep your waistline down

Single poor night can increase appetite and slow metabolism, say researchers

Can you manufacture blood cells?

Researchers may have found a way of making blood from human or mouse stem cells

How artificial wombs will change our ideas of gender, family and equality

Science has shown what’s possible with lamb foetuses. For humans this could revolutionise birth, solving inequalities and raising new ethical dilemmas

We all grow old – don’t let the age industry stigmatise it

It’s great that we can live healthily beyond middle age; bad if the need to defy time becomes a tyranny