All posts tagged "Science"
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11FeaturedMoon added to list of threatened cultural sites for first time | Heritage
The moon has been placed on a list of threatened heritage sites, owing to fears of potential looting and destruction caused by...
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8FeaturedWhere did our attention spans go, and can we get them back? – podcast | Psychology
The Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year at the end of 2024: brain rot. The term relates to the...
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10Featured‘Life-or-death consequences’: families fear rollback of school vaccine requirements under RFK Jr | Trump administration
A political battle over school-based Covid protocols in early 2021 quickly turned personal for one Colorado family, whose son’s cystic fibrosis –...
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24FeaturedUK can be ‘AI sweet spot’: Starmer’s tech minister on regulation, Musk, and free speech | Artificial intelligence (AI)
With the NHS still struggling, a prisons crisis still teetering and Britain’s borrowing costs soaring, there are few easy jobs going in...
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12FeaturedFrom the Beatles to biologics – how Liverpool became a life science hotspot | Pharmaceuticals industry
Tucked away in the village of Leasowe, near Moreton on the Wirral peninsula west of Liverpool, the US pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers...
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31FeaturedHow weather ‘whiplash’ set the stage for the LA fires – podcast | Science
As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management...
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12FeaturedScientists find hundreds more genetic risk factors for depression | Depression
A global study has identified 300 previously unknown genetic risk factors for depression because it included a much wider population sample. According...
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21FeaturedNew Glenn Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk’s space dominance
Getty Images Blue Origin’s rocket New Glenn blasted off overnight Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company has blasted its first rocket into...
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9FeaturedBezos’s Blue Origin rocket blasts off in challenge to Musk’s SpaceX | Jeff Bezos
Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket has blasted off from Florida on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s...
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211FeaturedAge of the panzootic: scientists warn of more devastating diseases jumping between species | Bird flu
Bird flu poses a threat that is “unique and new in our lifetime” because it has become a “‘panzootic” that can kill...
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6FeaturedClean energy pioneer’s lab destroyed in suspected arson attack in Liverpool | Liverpool
A scientist in Liverpool has lost more than a decade of work after the prefabricated building that served as his research lab...
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26FeaturedAs an agony aunt, I know the biggest cause of unhappiness: other people. Here’s the secret to better relationships | Psychology
From my many years as a therapist and advice columnist, I’ve started to see clear patterns in the problems that bother my...
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27FeaturedIron age men left home to join wives’ families, DNA study suggests | Archaeology
From Neanderthals to royal courts, history seems awash with women upping sticks to join men’s families, but researchers have found that the...
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28FeaturedOur science predictions for 2025 – podcast | Science
Last year was full of unexpected science news, from a new strain of Mpox emerging in the DRC, to artificial intelligence dominating...
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Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs
Getty Images We’re in the midst of a Moon rush. A growing number of countries and companies have the lunar surface in...
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Europe’s rocket blasts off for first time
Moment Ariane-6 takes off for first mission Europe’s big new rocket, Ariane-6, has blasted off on its maiden flight. The vehicle set...
