The UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) warned ministers last week that the country will fall short of its climate goals unless they take swift action to fulfill their pledges.
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The National Health Service (NHS) is set to launch a new advanced test for Down’s syndrome this year in England and Wales. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a safer form
When we are cataloguing the pseudo-sciences, we often automatically include pessimistic and doom-mongering theories, but we rarely think to discuss ideas from the camp promoting the beneficial effects of scientific
France and Germany have pledged to increase their tech cooperation so Europe can progress towards becoming a global champion of digital technology. Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats have voted in favour
Researchers have discovered that mutations in a single gene has been linked to cases of severe obesity, offering new gene therapy possibilities to fight against the global epidemic. Obesity –
Diabetes: the new panorama There are some key facts crucial to an understanding of the current situation. WHO definitions of obesity reveal some of them. To date, obesity worldwide has
French Writer and analyst Guillaume Pitron warns about growing reliance on rare-earth metal – which are necessary to build high-tech products – in his book La guerre des métaux rares
In light of the UK leaving the European Union, member states will be asked to increase their contributions to Brussels. In a statement to the press, regarding plans to implement
MEPs argued Europe needs to boost its online defences against Russian “orchestrated disinformation” ahead of upcoming elections. At a plenary debate in Strasbourg on January 17, Members of the European
A new pan-European study establishes how the nature of Europe’s forests has changed over the last thousands of years. A recent study led by academics in Sweden, Germany, France, Estonia