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Scientists Continue to Use Outdated Methods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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LIFE ON MARS: NASA rover finds 'unique fossils' on Red Planet | Science | News

Photographs taken by NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, Lens Imager (MAHLI) may show trace fossils on the Red Planet, according to researcher Barry DiGregorio.
Mr DiGregorio, who written several research papers about Mars, believes that the images taken at the start of 2018 could be similar to...

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New Initiatives Offer Jobs, Funding to Women Only

ISTOCK, JDAWNINKFor years, universities and funding organizations have attempted to address women’s underrepresentation among science faculty, whether by removing barriers to recruitment and retention or trying to dispel biases among employers and grant makers. Two newly announced programs...

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Dapper Laughs’ Potential Arrival Has Already Caused A Stir Among Fans

‘Celebrity Big Brother’ kicked off earlier this week and, as fans will know, this series is apparently all about celebrating women.
As it marks 100 years since (some) women in Britain won the right to vote for the first time, the series started with an all-female line-up and on Friday (5...

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Aliens are WATCHING! Scientists claim ETs are silently studying us | Science | News

The theory, which falls under the zoo hypothesis – which claims that aliens are watching us – is an attempt at explaining the Fermi Paradox.
In 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi – the creator of the world’s first nuclear reactor – came up with a paradox which says due to the age and size of the...

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All Native Americans Descended from One Ancestral Population

A scientific illustration of the Upward Sun River camp in what is now Interior Alaska ILLUSTRATION BY ERIC S. CARLSON IN COLLABORATION WITH BEN A. POTTERAt the end of the last ice age, about 11,500 years ago, ancient people buried two infants at a residential campsite called Upward Sun...

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Photos Released Showing Damage Caused By Blaze

Images have been released showing the destruction caused by a 1,000C inferno that engulfed a Liverpool car park on New Year’s Eve.
Rows of destroyed vehicles can be seen in the photographs released by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service on Tuesday.
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Supermoon 2018 LIVESTREAM: Watch supermoon online HERE | Science | News

Stargazers across the globe will focus their attention on the night skies on January 1, when the first and largest supermoon of the new year rises.
The New Year’s Day supermoon, also known as the Wolf Moon, is the second in an unprecedented supermoon trio which started on December 3 2017...

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To Give Cancer Survivors a Chance to Conceive, Scientists are Designing Artificial Ovaries

An artificial ovary, shown, helped mice ovulate and give birth to healthy pups.IMAGE COURTESY OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYAbout 10 percent of cancer survivors are women under 40. Once they undergo chemotherapy or radiation, they may no longer be able to have a baby. So scientists are working...

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