Getting Brexit done: Six huge science issues the UK must resolve
29 January 2020
The UK is finally set to leave the European Union, but big questions on science, health and the environment remain
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UK government's post-Brexit environment bill comes in for criticism
23 October 2019
The UK government’s plans for environment laws after Brexit are still not fit for purpose in parts, according to the parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee
Brexit makes us question democracy – and so does climate change
11 September 2019
Beating climate change is for many a “sacred value” that trumps all others – but is it ever legitimate to abandon democratic norms to achieve a goal, asks Graham Lawton
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
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
No-deal Brexit could lead to drug shortages and delayed operations
15 January 2019
Amid huge Brexit uncertainty, a range of emergency measures are being put in place to protect medical supplies – but no one knows if these will be enough
The UK's plan to build a rival GPS is a bonkers Brexit scheme
3 May 2018
Now the UK is excluded from contracts to build Europe’s Galileo satellites, it wants to talk up building its own system to keep aerospace firms from leaving
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
Science after Brexit will be weaker all round
13 September 2017
The UK government’s position paper is long on lofty ambitions for future collaboration, but the gory details suggest they will be extremely difficult to achieve
Brexiteers must not risk UK’s nuclear future by leaving Euratom
12 July 2017
If the UK leaves Europe’s nuclear regulator when it quits the EU, it risks disrupting nuclear fuel supplies and even cancer treatments, warns Alex Connor
