Brexiteers Bungle Attempt To Impress EU With A Hamper Of 'British' Goodies

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British politicians including member of MEP, Steven Woolfe, Digby Jones, chairman of Labour Leave John Mills, and co-chairman of Leave Means Leave John Longworth pose with an hamper...

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Tiangong-1: When will the Chinese space station crash into Earth? | Science | News

The massive space satiation will spectacularly burn up in the atmosphere sometime in March, amid rumours that authorities have lost control of the deadly Tiangong-1.
The Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace, was originally decommissioned in 2013 but its rentry was repeatedly delayed sparking fears...

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Scientists Continue to Use Outdated Methods

ISTOCK, EGALWhen Lior Pachter came across one of the latest publications from the federally funded Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project, he couldn’t suppress his disappointment.

In the paper, published last October, researchers from the GTEx consortium had analyzed RNA sequencing...

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Theresa May's Botched Cabinet Reshuffle Confirms PM's Weakness

From HuffPost UK executive editor, politics, Paul Waugh


One week into 2018 and Theresa May had clearly been reading all those ‘New Year! New You!’ magazine features. She wanted to freshen up the image of her Government, promoting...

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SpaceX launch LIVE stream: Watch Falcon 9 rocket take off TONIGHT | Science | News

The live stream has announced the launch is expected to take place at 8.00pm at the beginning of the two-hour window.
On the request of the Us government, the stream will cut to the landing of the first stage rocket after separation of the Zuma payload to protect the secrecy of the...

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The Best Multimedia of 2017

Editors’ picks of the year’s best in The Scientist infographics.




A gene drive can be designed to disrupt a mosquito gene essential for survival or reproduction. Researchers restrict its expression to the germline, such that individuals that have one copy of the inserted genetic element...

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Students Evacuated From Library As Firefighters Tackle Blaze

Firefighters have tackled a huge blaze at the University of Bristol. 

Smoke was seen billowing from the institution’s empty Fry Building after it caught alight late this afternoon, with students evacuated from the nearby...

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