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‘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...

F.D.A. Approves Studies of Pig Organ Transplants for Kidney Patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to two biotechnology companies for clinical trials that will transplant organs from...

Could the UK actually get colder with global warming?

Simon King and Mark Poynting BBC Weather and Climate teams ...

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid

Numerous healthcare initiatives and medical research projects worldwide have been halted due to the Trump administration’s 90-day pause on foreign aid and stop-work...

Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, Catch a Pterosaur by Its Neck

Around 76 million years ago, something took a bite out of a young pterosaur. Pterosaurs were large, flying reptiles that roamed our planet’s skies...