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No Signal review: Extreme track and trace pits liberty against society

No Signal review: Extreme track and trace pits liberty against society

27 May 2020

When everything is recorded by an implant in the brain, people become paragons of moderation – but this societal bliss isn't all it's cracked up to be, finds Sally Adee


Graphene inventor Andre Geim: No-deal Brexit would destroy UK science

Graphene inventor Andre Geim: No-deal Brexit would destroy UK science

13 August 2019

Fanatics who want no-deal Brexit and remainers who refuse to compromise are risking science and the UK’s future in the process, says Nobel prizewinning physicist Andre Geim


Paul Nurse is chief executive of London's Francis Crick Institute

Nobel-winner Paul Nurse on Brexit: ‘The UK is turning in on itself’

9 March 2019

Scientists fear the UK has lost its way due to Brexit and research could suffer as a result, one of the country’s most respected scientists tells New Scientist


Brexit batters science job market

Brexit batters science job market

4 April 2018

Confidence is at rock-bottom in the UK's ability to attract and retain the best scientific and engineering talent from Europe


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How to keep foreign pests away from the UK’s natural treasures

9 March 2018

Brexit has got the UK rethinking its border controls. Improved biosecurity to protect cherished flora should be part of that, says Gerard Clover


The EMA building

Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

8 February 2018

Fresh turmoil threatens to worsen disruption of the European Medicines Agency when it quits the UK after Brexit. That should worry all parties, says Inga Vesper


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Politics chat on Reddit reads like it was written by 6-year-olds

28 November 2017

You’re not imagining it: after 2016, the sophistication and civility of political discourse on sites like Reddit dropped from secondary school reading levels to barely literate


David Davis

To steal an advantage in the Brexit talks try a Superman pose

14 June 2017

In Brexit negotiations, tricks of body and mind may boost the chances of David Davis and his team. They need all the help they can get, says William Lee Adams


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