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Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA’s code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty 100 years ago in an Indian village
Khorana’s legacy has also suffered from neglect that may be a result of racial bias. But this neglect is changing, as a new generation of …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The inadequacy of net zero
The European Commission's Green New Deal's ambigously worded 'climate neutrality' target is concerning
Elizabeth II may have passed away but memories of Empire will always linger
The flow of Indian wealth to Britain and the ‘civilising mission’ of Empire may perhaps never find closure
Blair criticised
Food as history: Cambridge studies cast new light on early Anglo-Saxon kings’ relations with peasants by studying their diets
The studies note that social status did not lead to kings and nobles eating more meat than peasants; but once a year, both did gorge on animals …
Climate emergency: A question of semantics?
Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action
In court
Politics over science: Experts slam Sweden’s wolf cull; say it should learn to live with large carnivores
The wolf cull in Sweden will worsen the ongoing effects of inbreeding among Sweden’s lupines, say experts
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Europe’s Kafkaesque progress on climate action
The European Green New Deal is a pale imitation of the American original
When did modern lizards originate? A beast from the Triassic Period offers answers
‘Cryptovaranoides microlanius’ lived in limestone cracks around Bristol about 250-200 million years ago
Classify COVID-19 as ‘occupational disease’, trade union federation tells UK government
Section of Indian experts say the country needs to follow suit but is a long way off
Bring back wolves, lynxes to Britain and Ireland, study urges
Restoring native predator populations could help to keep in check some of the most problematic invasive species around the world, the new study said
New CoP president’s first foreign engagement disappoints
In addition to being regressive on equity, ambition and markets, Claire O'Neill also has disturbing ideas about the new mantras of 'net zero'…
Business can no longer ignore extreme heat events — it’s becoming a danger to the bottom line
Heat intensity of these events is also increasing with the frequency
Porrit's new clothes
Global Eco Watch: Will Britain fall, ask folklorists after raven disappears from the Tower of London
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Industrial air pollution has high economic cost, finds study
The UK has 10 of Europe’s top 50 super-polluting power stations and factories
Global Eco Watch: Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to ‘point of no return’
In Short
Let's take a less bigoted view of history
With DNA adding to the slippery narratives about the past; historians, archeologists, and geneticists need to collaborate if we are to take a …
Cycle or walk to work to reduce weight
New study finds link between lower body weight and active mode of transportation
Britain gets special police force to check food crimes
All recommendations of food expert likely to be accepted by government