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Independent scientists criticise UK government's covid-19 approach

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Independent scientists criticise UK government's covid-19 approach

The UK government's "stay alert" messaging, use of statistics and outsourcing of coronavirus contact tracing have been criticised by an independent science committee

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Patrick Vallance (centre) is the UK's chief scientific adviser

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UK’s coronavirus science advice won’t be published until pandemic ends

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Twitter was once a fun place – now it is heading towards destruction

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Twitter was once a fun place – now it is heading towards destruction

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Portrait of woman looking on blue screen lit with binary code

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Risky Talk review: How to protect yourself from dodgy statistics

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Election cyberattacks? It’s incompetence we need to worry about

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Election cyberattacks? It’s incompetence we need to worry about

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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the launch of the next COP26 UN Climate Summit at the Science Museum, London.

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We can’t let Boris Johnson politicise crucial COP26 climate talks

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sheep farming

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Getting Brexit done: Six huge science issues the UK must resolve

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Problems in social science are being used to discredit climate science

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Problems in social science are being used to discredit climate science

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The US election isn't the only reason 2020 is huge for the planet

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The US election isn't the only reason 2020 is huge for the planet

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Dominic Cummings

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Revealed: Details of Dominic Cummings' plan for new UK research agency

A plan instigated by Dominic Cummings, adviser to UK prime minister Boris Johnson, would see scientists get up to 15 years of funding to research areas like quantum computing

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Facebook charges more for ads that aim to cross the political divide

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Naomi Oreskes: Turn your anger at science denial into political action

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General election 2019: Why you should think climate change not Brexit

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General election 2019: Who is strongest on climate change action?

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