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Businesses warn research cuts will stall UK economy
Technology11 November 2022

Businesses warn research cuts will stall UK economy

Among those who signed the statements made by the Academy of Medical Sciences are Wellcome, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, Pfizer, Life Arc, the Association of Medical Research Charities, the Institute of Cancer Research, the...

COP27: Key climate goal of 1.5C rise faces new challenge
Technology11 November 2022

COP27: Key climate goal of 1.5C rise faces new challenge

Although Professor Vanesa Castán Broto, UN climate expert, acknowledges that the report is "bleak", she says there are reasons to be hopeful: "There is evidence of responses from the public and private sectors, and from NGOs, community organisations,...

Tractors and crops targeted in rural crime wave
Technology10 November 2022

Tractors and crops targeted in rural crime wave

By Noel Titheradge, Ed Thomas and Chris BellBBC NewsPrivate security patrols are being used to protect crops and expensive farm equipment amid a rural crime wave in England and Wales, the BBC has learned.Farmers have told the BBC that police rarely s...

UK-Swiss science deal as both barred from EU scheme
Technology10 November 2022

UK-Swiss science deal as both barred from EU scheme

FABRICE COFFRINI/AFPBy Jessica ParkerBBC Brussels correspondentThe UK and Switzerland are striking a deal on science collaboration as both countries continue to be blocked from a major EU scheme.Political tensions mean the two nations have been shut ...

COP27: The oil project being called a sin
Technology10 November 2022

COP27: The oil project being called a sin

By Lebo DisekoGlobal Religion CorrespondentAs politicians meet to discuss how to cut carbon emissions, descendants of Southern Africa's first inhabitants are raising concerns about an oil and gas exploration project. Religious leaders have also spoke...

Once a comfort, rain is now ruining Australia's mood
Technology10 November 2022

Once a comfort, rain is now ruining Australia's mood

"Some days I just don't want to get out of bed," she says, adding that, because of the rain, seeing friends takes much more effort, exercise is confined to indoors, hanging washing out on the line is basically impossible, and the house feels perpetua...

New oil and gas at odds with green goals - report
Science6 October 2022

New oil and gas at odds with green goals - report

Getty ImagesBy Jonah FisherBBC Environment CorrespondentExploiting new oil and gas fields is "radically at odds" with the UK's commitments to fight climate change, according to a new report. Researchers from Global Energy Monitor (GEM) also calculate...

'Humble' worm saliva can break down tough plastic
Science5 October 2022

'Humble' worm saliva can break down tough plastic

SPLBy Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondentOne of the worst forms of plastic pollution may have met its match in the saliva of a humble worm.Spanish researchers say they've discovered chemicals in the wax worm's drool that break down polyethylene, a ...

Physics Nobel rewards 'spooky science' of entanglement
Science4 October 2022

Physics Nobel rewards 'spooky science' of entanglement

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics rewards research into quantum mechanics - the science that describes nature at the smallest scales. The award goes to Frenchman Alain Aspect, American John Clauser and Austrian Anton Zeilinger. Their work should pav...

Nobel Prize goes to Svante Paabo for Neanderthal work
Science3 October 2022

Nobel Prize goes to Svante Paabo for Neanderthal work

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to Sweden's Svante Paabo for his work on human evolution. The Prize committee said he achieved the seemingly impossible task of cracking the genetic code of one of our extinct relatives - Neanderthal...

Ancient footprints reveal 'Irish Sea Serengeti'
Science3 October 2022

Ancient footprints reveal 'Irish Sea Serengeti'

"It's about 8,200 years old," says Dr Alison Burns, pointing to a perfectly preserved human footprint pressed into ancient mud on Formby Beach. It is one of hundreds of newly discovered ancient footprints here. The sandy stretch of the north-west Eng...

The science of drought explained in pictures
Trending13 August 2022

The science of drought explained in pictures

Getty ImagesFrom all the pictures of parched fields, dusty soil and dried-up reservoirs, it might appear obvious there's a drought.But from a scientific point of view, it's more complicated than that.There's no one definition of drought - it's differ...

18 podcasts about cool science experiments
Science20 December 2015

18 podcasts about cool science experiments

Why our world would end if life technologies disappeared. Why wholesale accessories should be 1 of the 7 deadly sins. How home tech gadgets made me a better person. Will dollar general applications ever rule the world? Will geek ideas ever rule the w...