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Hundreds of children made to wear GPS tags by UK's Ministry of Justice

24 March 2023

Child offenders as young as 12 have been given GPS ankle tags as part of a scheme introduced for England and Wales by the UK's Ministry of Justice


An MQ-9 Reaper drone

Russian fighter jet collides with US military drone over the Black Sea

14 March 2023

The US operates drones in international airspace around Ukraine, and a Russian fighter jet has hit one – an MQ-9 Reaper drone – in an incident the US military is calling “unsafe and unprofessional”


An image of tents set up on an urban street

We can reduce homelessness if we follow the science on what works

26 January 2023

Decades of research have shown that focusing on housing, without making sobriety or mental health treatment a prerequisite, is the most effective way to reduce homelessness


Research paper subsmissions from scientists who also serve on a journal's editorial board may get treated more favourably than those of other scientists

Journals publish disproportionate number of papers by their editors

16 January 2023

An analysis of more than 1000 science journals published over 38 years suggests that 12 per cent of journal editors publish a fifth of their own research


Gas emerging from the sea

Nord Stream gas pipe explosions were sabotage, say investigators

18 November 2022

A Swedish Security Service investigation has found traces of explosives at a location where mysterious leaks appeared in pipelines from Russia to Europe in September


Stadium 974 (Rass Abou Aboud) ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Brazil picked as 2022 World Cup winners by Alan Turing Institute model

18 November 2022

A prediction model that anyone can try has given Brazil a 25 per cent chance of winning the men's football World Cup – but the results are sobering reading for many other nations


UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: A couple arrives to vote the Anthem Center in Henderson, Nev., during early voting in Nevada on Monday, October 24, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

What US midterm elections mean for climate policy and public health

4 November 2022

The outcome of state and national elections on 8 November will shape the next two years of policy on climate change, abortion and covid-19


Crowd of people cheering with flags and banners

Brazil election: Lula win hailed as victory for the Amazon

31 October 2022

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who campaigned to protect the rainforest, narrowly beat Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential election


US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

6 October 2022

US president Joe Biden announced a pardon for thousands of people convicted for possession of marijuana under federal law


A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

16 August 2022

A scientist in Ukraine warns that the reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power station is designed to protect against some threats, but not shelling


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