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UK scientists in EU funding limbo after Boris Johnson's resignation

12 July 2022

The government says its plan to launch a new science funding scheme has not changed, but a new prime minister could bring a change of direction

Wreckage of a Long March rocket that fell to Earth in China in 2014

10 per cent chance falling rockets will hit someone in next decade

11 July 2022

Humans are sending ever more rockets up into space – bits of them falling back to Earth could result in casualties, unless action is taken

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