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Donald Trump says the US was looking "very strongly" at the case of a lab technician who died at a research centre in Siberia.

Health authorities in Russia’s Irkutsk region launched anti-epidemic measures after an employee of a plague institute died.

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Nearly 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.

Precautions in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia amid uncertainty over death of Darya Shipilova

RFK Jr. said that AI models are now better informed than any doctor, proclaiming the tech will "free us from medical tyranny."

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

There’s no question AI has transformed the field of mathematics in the past few months. Columnist Jacob Aron wonders if it will soon be impossible to be an AI refusenik and continue working in the fie...

South West Water previously entered guilty pleas to pollution offences spanning six years.

How do we measure time accurately and why is the rotation of the Earth causing problems?

How do we measure time accurately and why is the rotation of the Earth causing problems?

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Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The bacteria responsible picked up some new genetic material, say experts.

Opinion | 20th September 2026By Lara Wong, Founder and CEO, Clinically Vulnerable FamiliesChapter one of the Module 3 report, paragraph 1.105. Baroness Hallett writes that new hospitals should be desi...

Mathematician and author Kit Yates returns to the Ri to explore how our understanding of reality is shaped b

Mathematician and author Kit Yates returns to the Ri to explore how our understanding of reality is shaped b

Mathematician and author Kit Yates returns to the Ri to explore how our understanding of reality is shaped b

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology - Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2023, it returned to being the leading cause of death from an...

In 1992, I introduced Stoppard to the professor who put chaos into biology. A year later I reviewed the play that came out of it. As Arcadia is about to leave the West End, here's what happened.

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology - Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2023, it returned to being the leading cause of death from an...

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André Loranger has been appointed as the National Statistician for the United Kingdom

Fluid dynamics and an industrial midnight drama

An audacious heist at the Louvre saw thieves make off with priceless crown jewels in broad daylight – here is how a decades-old geometry problem can help museums boost their security.

Researchers may have discovered the signature of a bit of dark matter.