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As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight

The annual gathering in Boston this past week of one of America’s oldest scientific societies discussed threats to humankind: artificial intelligence, toxic “forever...

More migrant workers seek help over UK farm exploitation claims

United Voices of the World The number of foreign workers seeking help over claims of exploitation, bullying, underpayment and poor living conditions on UK...

Eleanor Maguire, Memory Expert Who Studied London Cabbies, Dies at 54

Eleanor Maguire, a cognitive neuroscientist whose research on the human hippocampus — especially those belonging to London taxi drivers — transformed the understanding...

‘Build baby build’, says Keir Starmer as he sets out nuclear plan

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to “build baby build”, as he announced plans to make it easier to construct mini nuclear power stations...

Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

With TV cameras pointed at her, Felisa Wolfe-Simon began speaking at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2010. “I’ve discovered — I’ve...

Concern the UK’s AI ambitions could lead to water shortages

Brian Wheeler Senior political reporter Reuters Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to make the UK a “world leader” in Artificial Intelligence (AI) could put already stretched supplies...

Billions risked on ‘unproven’ green tech, MPs warn

MPs have warned that the government’s investment of billions of pounds in unproven green technology for reducing planet-warming gases is neglecting the impact...

In Greenland, the Ice Doesn’t Just Flow, It Quivers and Quakes

Andreas Fichtner was surprised when he discovered a new way that glaciers move by unspooling a fiber-optic cable into a deep hole in...

Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu

Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been...

the asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth

UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth. The European Space Agency (ESA) has...