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Anjana AhujaFinancial Times |
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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
The overturning of the Chevron doctrine means the opinion of experts will count for less
Climate experiments rightly raise hackles but we need to find out whether these fixes could work
Empirically robust trials are particularly important in evaluating social and economic interventions
A new WHO survey suggests that they are more exposed than men to superbugs
The new discovery in the south Pacific illustrates the mystery surrounding the code of life
Consensus about how to define the concept remains elusive among ecologists
There’s an arms race in academic publishing between AI, fraud detectors and authorship brokers
The question of how we classify and weather such geomagnetic storms needs revisiting
Geologists are exploring whether magmatic brine can be tapped for dissolved treasure such as lithium, copper and cobalt
Now is not a time for paranoia but there is a case for extreme vigilance
The craft embodies a golden age of space exploration
Defending the environmental status quo in the name of ‘pragmatism’ is indefensible
Compounds produced by the technology challenge our idea of novelty
A new study shows the twisting backstory of an animal touted as a new superfood
His presidential term jolted many people out of the zone of indifference
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We risk forgetting the lessons of the Covid pandemic
The coveted qualities which make these substances resistant to water and oil has also rendered them virtually indestructible
Replacing a top researcher with a private sector manager would send entirely the wrong signal
Altermagnets could help make computing more energy efficient
Risk evaluation of the technology cannot be left to the industry alone
Scientists in Africa and elsewhere are seizing the opportunity to transform agriculture
An exclusionary focus on shiny new technology has left the UK’s research and innovation strategy lopsided
The finding has provoked a mixed reaction among the cosmological cognoscenti
A new Danish algorithm exploits the fact that both language and life are sequences
The measure is saddled with scientific and historical baggage — and may not be that useful anyway
I pored over obituaries, memorised cultural trivia and even learnt the Latin for ‘turkey’ — but prep was not much help