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Wildfires: “No operative to go unpunished” if they complain to press

Limbering up for what may well be a complicated wildfire season, the government seems to have devised a way to side-step the kind of criticism that came its way during The post Wildfires: “No operative to go unpunished” if they complain to…

Bezos rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral, NASA’s lunar program: what is known

No Blue Origin employees were injured in the incident

Conservationists alarmed by drastic cuts to key UK fund for global nature protection

Conservation groups warn slashing Darwin Initiative will put species and habitats in jeopardy, and set back efforts to halt decline in nature One of the UK’s longest-standing funds for global nature protection is being drastically cut…

Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation

Hajj pilgrimage becoming more dangerous due to global heating, report warns

Climate change is gradually narrowing the window in which the annual hajj Muslim pilgrimage can take place safely, according to new research by the World Weather Attribution group published on Friday.

Horror video game gets its creepiness from a quantum computer

Quantum Backrooms is a horror game in which the player explores eerie rooms. The twist is that the rooms have been generated by a quantum computer

Republican mistrust in healthcare widens US health gap, study finds

Republicans increasingly avoid doctors and vaccines, widening health gaps with Democrats, researchers say Growing Republican mistrust in the healthcare system has widened health disparities between liberals and conservatives, who are more…

What does Blue Origin rocket mishap mean for Nasa's Moon mission?

Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains why the explosion is a setback for space exploration.

Chinese astronauts land safely in former top secret nuclear missile test site

The Shenzhou-21 astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after staying in Tiangong space station for more than 200 days, establishing the record for longest on-orbit stay by a Chinese crew. The trio touched down at the Dongfeng landing site…

Africa: Nigeria's Expanding Tech Ecosystem Leads Africa's Innovation Push - Report

[Leadership] Nigeria's growing influence in Africa's technology and innovation ecosystem has received fresh global recognition as startups founded by Nigerians emerged strongly on Bloomberg's latest list of 25 African Startups to Watch.

The Download: unlocking lithium and controlling Ebola

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a new extraction process could unlock the world’s lithium A new method for extracting lithium…

Mirror life: Scientists clash over threat of lab-engineered bacteria

Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers warn, but a new study suggests they would struggle to survive in the wild