One way to reduce bias in decision making

14 July 2021

Business as usual is a missed opportunity (2)

14 July 2021

Business as usual is a missed opportunity (1)

14 July 2021

We really should put this climate scheme to the test

14 July 2021

Don't Miss: Everyone Needs Beauty examines nature's impact on health

14 July 2021

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Tom Gauld's optimistic chemist

14 July 2021

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Twisteddoodles gets a photo op with scientists

14 July 2021

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Wild Crimes review: Shocking illegal wildlife trade exposed in podcast

14 July 2021

From pangolins to elephant tusks, trafficking in animals and animal parts nets $23 billion a year as it pushes species to the brink of extinction. This big-money, murky world is the subject of a new podcast series

Strange gas in Venus’s clouds may be a sign of volcanoes, not life

12 July 2021

Phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus was considered a possible sign of life, but it could come from volcanic eruptions sending enormous plumes of lava into the air

Covid-19 deaths in England could peak at 100 per day in August

12 July 2021

More than 100 people a day are expected to die and more than 1000 a day be admitted to hospital at the peak of the UK’s current wave of covid-19 cases, the government’s scientific advisers are anticipating