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Will El Nino make 2024 the hottest year on record?
Under climate change, the impacts of El Nino events are going to get stronger, according to the head of the UK Met Office
Encounter with the future
The newly-discovered method of lasing in conjugated polymer microcavities may herald bright possibilities for the electronics industry
A whiff of death
Researchers are now trying to develop natural weapons to scare off pests by studying the olfactory mechanism of plants that emit odours when …
Kenya takes over the presidency of the UN Security Council, but must work hard to influence the agenda
The presidency of the Council affords Kenya some, albeit limited, scope to shape the Council’s agenda
How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway — and what they could teach us
It was probably a complex meteorite, possibly one that has come from the surface of an asteroid where several different bits of asteroid have got …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Large sections of western media insensitive to equity question
The Guardian and many others still believe developed nations are on track with climate targets
Pollution in cities damaging insects and ecosystems: study
Research reveals plants and insects exposed to high levels of nitrogen dioxide–a major component of smog–produce more defensive …
Brexit may trigger inflation in UK, widen trade deficit with EU
UK’s dependence on EU for imports and collapse in the value of British pound might affect cost and availability of food products
A sense of belonging
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The gender benders
A recent study gives disturbing revelations about the impact that everyday-use chemicals may have on the human sperm count and even induce sex change
Calcium calls
The mystery of nerve cell behaviour could be solved with a recent study of how calcium affects cellular responses
A brief mania called Hawkins
Barely 100 out of the 5,000 present at the Stephen Hawking public lecture actually understood what he said. Some felt Hawking had endorsed the …
Winds of change in Scotland
Wind farms have the Scots swept off their feet. A recent study by Mori Scotland, a market research agency in the uk, has found overwhelming …
"The UK has to live by its wits"
DAVID ANTHONY KING has been chief scientific advisor to the United Kingdom government for 3 years now. Prior to this, he was head of the …
The freedom to ride
Spy versus spy and high tech gizmos
From secure manhole covers to Internet tracking systems, NSA has an arsenal of patents
In court
Trash power
Wind power capacity needs to grow at thrice the current speed to reach net zero: Report
The world needs to instal a minimum of 180 GW of new wind energy capacity every year
Extinction Rebellion needs to build solidarity and work on its race problem
But it shouldn't be on a government watch list