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  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Drugs research
    Novartis scraps drug trial in blow to UK life sciences ambitions

    Swiss group rethinks NHS collaboration after low take-up of treatment during rollout via GPs

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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    The weird physics of quantum computers

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Magisteria — science, religion and their tangled relationship

    Nicholas Spencer’s highly readable history explores changing notions of human nature, and asks: who decides who we are?

  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    Climate change
    Global warming set to reach 1.5C in the near-term, UN reports

    Risks of warming and irreversible changes to the planet greater than thought in previous assessment in 2014

  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Notable new books on climate and the environment

    Engrossing insights into dilemmas from fossil fuels to flying — and the political questions they pose

  • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
    The Big Read
    Microbes on the farm: a solution for climate change?

    Evolving technology is enhancing soil’s ability to store carbon and mitigate the environmental effects of industrialised farming

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
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    Health body says genetic sequences are not definitive and all origin theories, including lab leak, remain on table

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
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    Chancellor Jeremy Hunt vows to make Britain the ‘best place in Europe’ for tech companies to invest

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Medical science
    High sucralose doses suppress immune system, research on mice shows

    Unexpected finding suggests popular sweetener could treat autoimmune conditions such as arthritis and diabetes

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
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    World-leading? Britain’s science sector has some way to go

    The country’s reputation is inflated by historic successes and relies on successful outliers

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
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    UK biotech Awakn licences ‘party drug’ to addiction clinics

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
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    UK business groups call on Sunak to rejoin Horizon research scheme

    PM urged to move ‘as swiftly as possible’ as fears mount over scientists’ access to projects

  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    Illumina Inc
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    Company’s shares jump after activist investor launches proxy battle

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    Space exploration
    Japan’s space ambitions fizzle after rocket failure

    Decade-long effort was source of national pride and meant to be symbol of technological prowess

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Vaccine inequality blamed for boosting global Covid death toll

    Unequal access to jabs in 2021 led to one preventable death every 24 seconds, politicians and activists say

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    ReviewScience fiction books
    In Ascension by Martin MacInnes — a far-reaching epic on the planet’s future

    A blend of deep scientific knowledge and nuanced narrative takes us from the sea to space to highlight Earth’s riches

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    John Thornhill
    ‘Fictional intelligence’ can blind us to real-world dangers

    Policymakers and strategists look to novelists to help envisage the tech accelerating towards us

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Genomics
    Cost of gene treatments for once incurable diseases too high, scientists warn

    Therapies based on editing of human genomes predicted to have a price tag of $2mn per patient

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Chinese genomics company accused of hack attempts by UK minister

    Government later says no ‘evidence’ of attempted hacking of NHS genetic data centre by BGI

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
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    By all means analyse the options and consult your colleagues — but at some point you must trust your judgment

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Scientists call for UK to rejoin EU’s Horizon research programme

    Sunak unconvinced that membership of Brussels’ science scheme offers value for money

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Anjana Ahuja
    We need rules before we let the genome-editing genie out of the bottle

    Changing human DNA brings hope for treating diseases but raises concerns such as equitable access

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    Chris Miller
    There’s a new US national security obsession — biotech

    The ability to apply massive computing power to DNA is causing concern over biological warfare

  • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
    Space exploration
    Scientists launch new initiative to look for extraterrestrial life

    Astrobiologists believe simple organisms pervade the universe but advanced civilisations are extremely rare

  • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
    Thomas Hale
    As China’s politicians gather, the ghosts of zero-Covid live on

    The country dismantled its precautionary measures as quickly as they sprang up — but not at the National People’s Congress

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