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Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’ | Conservation

Vaccines for ash trees, skin treatments for newts and gene-edited swallowtail butterflies are among 14 tax-funded projects from the UK’s “invention agency” aiming to...

Adults with severe mental illness die 15 to 20 years earlier from diseases such as cancer | Mental health

Adults with severe mental illness are nearly five times more likely than their peers to die from serious physical diseases before the age of...

The US air force admitted to deploying weapons in space. Don’t expect the White House to explain why | Space

In Hollywood at least, space weapons are a relatively simple concept. The good guys, from Captain Kirk and his crew in Star Trek, to...

Even Neanderthals had distinct preferences when it came to making dinner, study suggests | Neanderthals

Nothing turns up the heat in a kitchen quite like debating the best way to chop an onion. Now researchers have found even our...

Oxford University Press to stop publishing China-sponsored science journal | Science

Oxford University Press (OUP) will no longer publish a controversial academic journal sponsored by China’s Ministry of Justice after years of concerns that several...

Palm House set for major renovation

Alison FrancisSenior Science JournalistWatch: BBC goes behind the scenes at Kew Gardens ahead of major Palm House renovationIt's a makeover on a massive scale...

The Sycamore Gap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees

BBCJames Canton spent two years sitting beneath an 800-year-old oak tree near his home in Essex, watching acorns fatten and butterflies land on the...

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