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UK spurns European invitation to join ITER nuclear fusion project

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 8:25am
Since Brexit, the UK no longer has access to ITER, the world's largest nuclear fusion experiment, through the European Union. After an invitation to rejoin this week, the UK government has confirmed it prefers to go it alone
Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of March 2024

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 6:00am
With a new Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mars-set romance from Natasha Pulley and a high-concept thriller from Stuart Turton due to hit shelves, there is plenty of great new science fiction to be reading in March
Categories: Astronomy

Sinking plankton poo could help store more carbon in the ocean

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 6:00am
When the faecal matter produced by plankton sinks, it carries carbon from shallow waters to long-term storage deep in the ocean – now, researchers want to make the stuff sink faster
Categories: Astronomy

Does 23andMe's decline show genetic-based medicine has been overhyped?

Fri, 03/01/2024 - 2:00am
23andMe's DNA test was once named "invention of the year", but now the company is in dire financial straits. Is this a sign that genetically based medicine's promise has been exaggerated?
Categories: Astronomy

1 in 8 people worldwide has obesity

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 7:30pm
Between 1990 and 2022, obesity rates more than doubled among adults and quadrupled among children and adolescents worldwide
Categories: Astronomy