I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the

The Labour government has signalled its support for a contentious third runway at Heathrow airport, with a final planning decision expected by 2029.

Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text.

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.

The government must know full well that many people have neither the space nor the money to store extra food in their homes. It is individuating responsibility for a collective problem. As usual, it i...

Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies

Injection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.

Nature - Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.

Utah has banned more books from public schools in 2026 than any other year, and this week, they added their 36th title.

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Tool directs text-generation systems to remove constructions associated with artificial intelligence in research papers and grant proposals.

Nature - Proteins assume complex 3D shapes even faster than does DNA, which is a simpler molecule.

In an MS NOW Exclusive, Antonia Hylton sits down with Annabella, a New Jersey first grader whose life was uprooted when her father, Adonay Rodriguez, stepped outside to pick up a food order and was de...

Declassified investigation finds that Trade Secretary Peter Kyle didn't bother to declare his membership of ZIonist Friends of Israel

YouTube video by Project for Peace & Justice by Jeremy Corbyn

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The sequential recruitment of a thalamocortical transcriptional cascade enables memory maintenance over long timescales.

3.4-million-year-old hominin fossils discovered in Ethiopia provide insight into the diet and locomotion of Australopithecus deyiremeda.

Shocked.

If approved, GanLum could be available within a year and a half, according to maker.

A man with no experience of government is to prepare the party … to govern. What could possibly go wrong?

I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...

A circular economy approach applied to the global lithium-ion battery supply chain shows that combining cross-regional cooperation on technology and trade with regionally tailored domestic circular economy policies yields the highest global emission reduction.

Stars in young galaxies must have been responsible for stripping most intergalactic gas of its electrons.

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

Netanyahu has been saying the same for over 30 years, every time he wants Iran attacked - so, here we go again writes Skwawkbox

While the UK government looked the other way, as it has with Israel's genocide in Gaza in general, we want to highlight the hostages' stories

Journalists in Sudan are being killed or displaced. This is limiting the vital flow of information both inside and out of the country.

From July 2024-July 2025, the amount of firms leeching profit from the NHS has increased by huge amounts in London, Dorset and other areas

Nature - Nature talks to researchers about why they moved and how they relocated successfully.

Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Coal Action Network has obtained expert legal advice that reveals that the UK government’s coal ban bill is a failure