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Research based on limited sample of 20 white participants claims brain ‘de-individuates’ other groups -
Reports released after FoI request criticise Prof David Latchman’s ‘recklessness’
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Scientists searching the universe for aliens to conduct survey of the public for views on first contact -
Standard therapies were not working. But once I discovered the role of the brain in physical pain, I began to mend, says writer Hannah Millington -
After a total solar eclipse visible in South America, the end of the week will deliver a treat
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Worldwide panel says it cannot recommend healthy people take ‘memory supplements’ -
Solar Foods hopes wheat flour-like product will hit target in supermarkets within two years -
Science Weekly podcast
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String theory gained traction 35 years ago but scientists have not found any evidence to suggest it is correct. Does this matter? And should it be tested? Ian Sample debates this with Eleanor Knox, David Berman and Peter Woit -
Nicola Davis invites Prof Brigitte Van Tiggelen and Dr Peter Wothers on to the podcast to look at how the periodic table took shape and asks whether it might now be in jeopardy -
The UK government has announced it wants to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030. Hannah Devlin looks at the epidemic’s history, including its impact on the gay community, promising trials, and if Britain can hit its target -
What can we learn from chimps when it comes to politics and power? Ian Sample meets the leading primatologist Prof Frans de Waal of Emory University
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String theory gained traction 35 years ago but scientists have not found any evidence to suggest it is correct. Does this matter? And should it be tested? Ian Sample debates this with Eleanor Knox, David Berman and Peter Woit
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Record temperatures are being recorded. It’s vital that we take action against climate breakdown – now, says French meteorologist Ruben Hallali -
The UK market for cannabidiol will soon be worth £1bn. But consumers are being conned, says science journalist Mike Power -
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String theory gained traction 35 years ago but scientists have not found any evidence to suggest it is correct. Does this matter? And should it be tested? Ian Sample debates this with Eleanor Knox, David Berman and Peter Woit
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The Royal Observatory’s Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 shortlist features pictures of the Milky Way, the Southern Lights and two nebulas. -
An image of a Syrian refugee using VR has been chosen as the winner of the 2019 EPSRC national science photography competition
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Photographs from history that capture humanity’s exploration of the heavens -
Scientists working on the Event Horizon Telescope project have produced an image of the "unseeable", capturing the world's first picture of a black hole. It took nearly two years for 200 researchers and a network of eight radio telescopes spanning the globe to make the breakthrough, which was previously thought impossible
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Prof Jennifer Doudna, one the pioneers of Crispr-Cas9 gene editing, explains how this revolutionary discovery enables precise changes to our DNA
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