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‘Lots of people don’t want to do it’: Paul Nurse on his controversial second term as Royal Society president | Royal Society

Paul Nurse is a turn up for the books. A Nobel prize-winning geneticist, former director of the Francis Crick Institute and erstwhile head of...

Nasa announces timeline of astronauts’ early departure from ISS due to ‘serious’ medical issue | International Space Station

Nasa has announced when it will commence its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut fell ill with a “serious”...

Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions? | Canada

Manoel Dixon had just finished dinner one night last May when a phone dinged nearby with a Facebook message.Dixon, 26, was at his family’s...

UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health | IVF

Couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ, height and...

Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondentNatural History Museum/ University of GothenburgA brittlestar found on the seafloor of the Clarion-Clipperton ZoneMachines mining minerals in the deep...

‘We can tell farmers the problems’: experts say seismic waves can check soil health and boost yields | Soil

A groundbreaking soil-health measuring technique could help avert famine and drought, scientists have said.At the moment, scientists have to dig lots of holes to...

Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy

One of Britain's most distinguished scientists, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for...

Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe’s Black Death plague

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondentGettyThe Black Death fundamentally altered medieval societyA volcanic eruption around 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest...

High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study | Pesticides

High levels of a toxic “forever chemical” have been found in cereal products across Europe because of its presence in pesticides.The most contaminated food...

Waste plan at UK’s largest opencast mine Ffos-y-Fran ‘dangerous’

Steffan Messenger,Wales environment correspondentandGareth Bryer,BBC WalesMatthew Horwood/Getty ImagesFfos-y-Fran opencast coalmine was allowed to go ahead close to homes and businesses in Merthyr TydfilConcerns have...

Delhi hospitals saw 200,000 respiratory illness patients in three years

Getty ImagesSome hospitals in Delhi now have clinics to treat pollution-related illnessesMore than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses were recorded in six state-run...

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