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The writer is a science commentator Amid rising global temperatures and widespread heatwaves, metaphorical storm clouds are gathering. Last month, a city council in California voted unanimously to halt an experiment into a potential climate-fixing technology. The trial, which university researchers had already begun, involved spraying sea salt particles into the clouds above San Francisco Bay. The experiment was meant to test whether making clouds brighter could reflect more sunlight back into…
6 months ago
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Women taking the anti-diabetes medication Ozempic might have an extra reason to pat their tummies. Not only does the injectable drug lead to weight loss, a finding that has sparked frenzied off-label demand worldwide, but in recent months it has also been linked to a surprise baby boom. Now scientists are trying to unpick the mechanism behind the “Ozempic babies” phenomenon, which has been reported by users of similar medications, too. This matters: the drugs were never tested for use by women…
5 months ago
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That many of the cancers are gastrointestinal offers clues and could point to microplastics
5 months ago
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Scientists’ goal is not to resurrect vanished creatures but discover whether ancient molecules can solve modern problems
4 months ago
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Anthropologist Helen Fisher took her insights out of the laboratory and into online dating
4 months ago
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An enigmatic sound has shown that the frozen corners of the world are creaking — and in more ways than one
3 months ago
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From climate change to crime, repositories of good quality information are essential
3 months ago
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It is too early to know whether the prompt response to the virus is enough to turn the tide
3 months ago
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Failure to ensure wider representation challenges the perception of science as a merit-driven enterprise
2 months ago
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Companies are racing to build machines that are more intelligent and more like us
about 1 month ago
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Robert F Kennedy Jr’s appointment is characteristic of Trump’s hostility to expertise
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