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![]() Anjana AhujaFinancial Times |
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
Forecasting the last seven days of life is harder than the final 24 hours; beyond that, things become shakier still
Robert F Kennedy Jr’s appointment is characteristic of Trump’s hostility to expertise
Companies are racing to build machines that are more intelligent and more like us
Scientists are pushing for their unique contribution to biodiversity to be recognised
Failure to ensure wider representation challenges the perception of science as a merit-driven enterprise
It is too early to know whether the prompt response to the virus is enough to turn the tide
From climate change to crime, repositories of good quality information are essential
An enigmatic sound has shown that the frozen corners of the world are creaking — and in more ways than one
As the inquiry into the Lucy Letby case begins, experts are querying the use of scientific evidence
Anthropologist Helen Fisher took her insights out of the laboratory and into online dating
Evidence of an underground reservoir is an obvious destination to look for life on the Red Planet
That many of the cancers are gastrointestinal offers clues and could point to microplastics
The illness causes more deaths than strokes but a new time-saving technology may be able to help
There is concern that medications used widely for weight loss have not been tested for use by pregnant women