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Anjana AhujaFinancial Times |
A recent trial shows the difficulty of disentangling medical hope from hype
Policy decisions grounded in Maga talking points are helping to fuel a PhD exodus from government
Research suggests it could prevent and slow the progress of cognitive decline
This US programme must contend with the difficulties of returning humans to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years
Digital drugs that report when we’ve taken our medication are not without their trade-offs
The frozen areas of our planet act as a historical record of changes in the atmosphere and climate
In a polarised world, thoughtful reframing on hot-button issues could be key to reaching across divides
The island is geologically analogous to Canada and countries in northern Europe
Outsourcing this infrastructure to space comes with a host of problems
Empires beware — when nature goes rogue, the political consequences can be devastating
International co-ordination, not technology, is the major barrier to Europe’s defence against unmanned aerial vehicles
The most difficult problems can nurture the most talented researchers
New research shows that they can weigh evidence in a rational way
The loss of robust evidence in the public realm harms us all
An unexpected finding shows that obesity and heart disease do not always go hand-in-hand
The Nobel Prize-winning MOFs could be used to mop up pollutants, turn toxic substances benign and make water from desert air
The esteemed club risks becoming a bystander as reason and rationality come under attack
A potentially new cosmic object raises the question of which came first: black holes, or stars and galaxies?
Donald Trump’s promotion of an unproven link between Tylenol and neurological disorders does not help pregnant women
The scale of the biodiversity crisis means we cannot ignore the potential of technology
Transparency is key if public fears about vaccines are to be allayed
Researchers have discovered an alarming new phenomenon they are calling ‘emergent misalignment’
Subtle changes that contribute to cognitive decline could be flying under the radar
A seminal 1940s study remains hauntingly relevant today
What happens when some of the data that can make a difference lies in private hands?
As wealthy buyers rush for these new collectibles, museums and universities risk turning into impotent onlookers
The US appears to be turning its back on a scientific consensus that has relegated several diseases to history
PFAS are a commercial hit — that should not play a part in how they are categorised
New AI models could soon pose a threat to the world’s top mathematicians
As researchers burrow into our brains, our inner lives may no longer be ours alone
We must recognise and protect the pipelines that lead from research to real-world benefit
Neither full stop nor comma, they symbolise a nuance that is disappearing in a polarised world
A prize aimed at cracking interspecies communication could make humans think differently about the welfare of other creatures
The problem of human-induced subsidence is global, urgent and spreading
As climate change puts pressure on supply, new varieties are coming to the fore
Failing to gather, preserve and acknowledge environmental data means less sight of what is inevitably ahead
The future of one of the world’s most important foodstuffs is mired in a stew of science, politics and economics
If society is shot through with genetic influences, how should social inequality be addressed?
Once researchers begin wondering whether their government might pull the rug from under them, the damage is done
Changing the clocks twice a year does not extend the light available to us
The businessman’s central role in threatening American research has sparked protests in the UK’s Royal Society
The gap between avian and mammalian cognition may be narrower than we think
It is misguided for academics to pre-emptively self-censor, tempting though that may seem
The science now exists to help parents and NGOs track down kids coercively adopted in wartime
Averting a tragic mismatch between global food supply and demand requires moonshot ideas
We are mounting 20th-century responses to 21st-century weather
The world’s most powerful source of electrically neutral particles may help us understand why the universe exists
An archaeological discovery in Syria may force a revision of the alphabet’s origin story
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