A scientist holds a juvenile cod with a pair of tweezers. Studies show they do not spawn in waters warmer than 9.6C but reproduction is affected before that point. All photographs: Regin Winther PoulsenHistorically, it was overfishing that hurt the much-prized fish – but now rising ocean temperatures are inhibiting the fish’s ability to produce codlings at all by Regin Winther Poulsen in the Faroe IslandsGuðrún Bjarnadóttir Bech sings to herself while she sorts through baby fish with a pair of tweezers.

Crossword blogCrosswordsThe latest in our suggested reading for fans of crosswords and puzzling: a playful Serbian outing Before we get to the book, a heads up that the Guardian’s beautiful puzzle supplement on Saturday contained, alongside proper puzzles from Carpathian and Picaroon (of whom more below), my own “The most Guardian crossword ever”. The Serbian writer Milorad Pavić was not fond of a beginning, a middle and an end. One of his plays takes the form of a restaurant menu.

StageObituaryFrances Sternhagen obituaryAward-winning stage, film and TV actor who had memorable roles as meddling mothers in Cheers and Sex and the CityWith her shrewd blue eyes and twitching dormouse nose, the actor Frances Sternhagen, who has died aged 93, could turn on a dime between consoling warmth and implacable frostiness. She was a multiple Emmy nominee for her guest appearances as two comically meddling mothers. In Sex and the City, between 2000 and 2002, she played Bunny, who can manipulate her pampered son, Trey (Kyle MacLachlan), into doing her bidding simply by squeezing his wrist.

Sexual healingRelationshipsI haven’t managed to find a space where I, too, can have my sexual needs met. I’m not sure that being submissive is what I really want I am having a little trouble with my marriage, sexually. While I am quite kinky and highly sexual, my wife is not as comfortable with her sexuality, or communicating about it. I accept that, and have been encouraging her to open up, feel pleasure and tell me what she wants in the bedroom more.

Lana Del Rey This article is more than 5 years oldLana Del Rey pulls out of Israeli festival after backlashThis article is more than 5 years oldSinger had been pressured to cancel show most Palestinians would not be allowed to watch Lana Del Rey has pulled out of a music festival in Israel next week in the wake of a backlash over her decision to perform. The American singer was to have been one of the headline performers at the Meteor festival from 6 to 8 September.