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Technology

Launch of UK 'moonshot' ARIA research agency delayed until end of year

The UK government’s plans to launch an agency to fund high-risk, high-reward research have been thrown off course

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Humans

'World-leading' research not confined to elite universities, says REF

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The replication crisis has spread through science – can it be fixed?

Humans

The replication crisis has spread through science – can it be fixed?

Features

Martin Wikelski interview: Tracking animals reveals their sixth sense

Technology

Martin Wikelski interview: Tracking animals reveals their sixth sense

Features

The RMF-Owl is designed to be collision-tolerant for subterranean exploration

Technology

Collision-dodging drones can navigate tight spaces without crashing

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A technician prepares a sample

Health

Investigation fails to replicate most cancer biology lab findings

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Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College, Oxford

Environment

UK university climate targets strongly criticised for lack of ambition

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Samir Shaheen-Hussain interview: Doctors left children to suffer

Humans

Samir Shaheen-Hussain interview: Doctors left children to suffer

Features

Dominic Cummings resigned in November

Technology

'UK ARPA' to launch as soon as possible despite Dominic Cummings exit

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The way we collect covid-19 data perpetuates racism in healthcare

Humans

The way we collect covid-19 data perpetuates racism in healthcare

Covid-19 is affecting ethnic minorities more severely, but we will never understand why if we don't collect the right data, says Alisha Dua

Comment

It is time to do away with outlandish claims and make science duller

Leader

Humans

Stuart Ritchie interview: A deep rot is turning science into fiction

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Physics

Half of Nobel prizes in science go to just five research fields

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Humans

How to sniff out the good coronavirus studies from the bad

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