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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates

Royal Society considers Musk's expulsion

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by Kit Yates / 1h

It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? Fellows of the Royal Society met yesterday to discuss, as they put it, “Fellows’ behaviour”. In light of the resignation of two fellows and an open letter signed by nearly 3,500 scientists , many, including me, expected the discussion to be focused on the behaviour o

Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice

Colossal creates woolly mouse

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by Nicola Davis Science correspondent / 2h

Genetically modified mice have traits geared towards cold tolerance, in step towards modifying elephants A plan to revive the mammoth is on track, scientists have said after creating a new species: the woolly mouse. Scientists at the US biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences plan to “de-extinct” the prehistoric pachyderms by genetically modifying Asian elephants to give them woolly mammoth tr

‘Do I think doctors are going to be out of a job? Not at all’: the ex-radiologist bringing AI to healthcare

by Julia Kollewe / 2h

Shez Partovi, chief innovation officer at Philips, is excited about the benefits of new technology for patients and clinicians Two decades ago, Shez Partovi was working as a neuroradiologist at the US private hospital chain Dignity Health in Arizona, and remembers listening to a lecture by a nun between seeing his VIP patients from Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Sister Margaret was talking about childr

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Chile’s perfect skies for stargazing under threat from giant chemical plant

by John Bartlett in Santiago / 6h

Astronomers deeply concerned that darkest, clearest skies in world will be compromised by proposed facility nearby In the Atacama desert, the driest non-polar region on Earth, the sky shines when the sun sets. Up in the arid hills 130km south of the Chilean city of Antofagasta, comets burn brightly and flawless trails of stars and nebulae streak the night sky. Continue reading...

The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it?

by William Ralston / 6h

Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help One afternoon in July 2011, an 11-year-old boy named William Knowlden was out cycling with friends when he came upon Arnolds Field, an expanse of green land in Havering, east London. The site spans about 17

Bog standard? Study seeks most effective toilet training methods

by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent / 6h

UCL team is inviting parents to share their experiences, as age at which children in west acquire the skill rises Storybooks about potties, underpants featuring superheroes, rewards for doing a wee: toilet training is a rite of passage for any child. But with the average age of toilet training steadily creeping upwards, scientists are now hoping to crack the question of which methods are most eff

Why it’s boom time for beavers in the UK – podcast

by Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay with Helena Horton; sound design by Joel Cox; the executive producer is Ellie Bury / 10h

Beavers were once abundant in the UK, but hunting them for their fur, meat and scent oil drove them to extinction. Now they’re back, with the news that the release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries. To understand why this is seen as a huge win for the environment, Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s environment reporter Helena Horton. ‘Ultim

More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report

World Obesity Day 2025 initiatives

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by Andrew Gregory and Kat Lay / 16h

Analysis forecasts a third of young people will also be overweight or obese, in ‘unparalleled’ threat to health More than half of adults and a third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, posing an “unparalleled threat” of early death, disease and enormous strain on healthcare systems, a report warns. Global failures in the response to the growing obesity cris

Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists

Royal Society considers Musk's expulsion

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by Nicola Davis Science correspondent / 17h

Questions remain over whether further action will be taken after resignations and calls for the Tesla CEO to be expelled Elon Musk’s fellowship of the Royal Society remains intact after a meeting of the scientific body, the Guardian has learned, but questions remain about whether further action will be taken. Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who also owns the social media platform X, was elected a

Did you solve it? Clueless Sudoku, a genius new puzzle

by Alex Bellos / 22h

The solutions to today’s grids Earlier today I set you these three Sudokus. They obey the standard rule of having all digits form 1 to 9 in each row, column and 3x3 box, with the extra rule: A cell that contains its position in either its row, column or 3x3 box (read left-to-right, top-to-bottom) is coloured gold. Continue reading...

If the best defence against AI is more AI, this could be tech’s Oppenheimer moment

41by John Naughton / 1d

An unsettling new book advocates a closer relationship between Silicon Valley and the US government to harness artificial intelligence in the name of national security Oscar Wilde’s quip, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life”, needs updating: replace “art” with “AI”. The Amazon page for Alexander C Karp and Nicholas W Zamiska’s new book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft

US natalist conference to host race-science promoters and eugenicists

1Kby Jason Wilson / 1d

Details emerge about Natal conference in Austin later this month, set to feature figures linked to far-right politics A natalist conference featuring speakers including self-described eugenicists and promoters of race science, apparently including the man behind a previously pseudonymous race-science influencer account, and the founder of a startup offering IQ screening for IVF embryos, will be h

How can you tell if a man is really into cast-iron kitchenware? He’ll pansplain it to you | Emma Beddington

100+by Emma Beddington / 1d

My husband – like many others – is obsessed with the ‘seasoning’, cleaning and pH levels of these hefty, hulking pans. Must I tolerate it? I need some guidance on a tiny source of friction in my home life. It is this: I live with a pan man and his man pans. You know the kind I mean: rugged, elemental pans that you need to bench 160kg to lift; apocalypse-proof pans. Cast-iron and carbon-steel cook

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Can you solve it? Clueless sudoku, a genius new puzzle

by Alex Bellos / 1d

Get in position Today I unveil a fantastic new type of Sudoku invented by reader Alf Smith. Like all Sudoku, the digits from 1 to 9 must appear in all rows, columns and boxes. What’s different in this new variant, however, is that the starting grids have no number clues. Instead, some cells are coloured gold. The extra rule is that the numbers in gold cells must describe the position of that cell

US firm Firefly Aerospace makes second-ever commercial moon landing - video

by Guardian Staff / 1d

The size of a compact car, the four-legged Blue Ghost touched down Sunday near an ancient volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a large basin in the north-east corner of the moon's Earth-facing side. Flight controllers at Firefly's Austin, Texas headquarters watched as Blue Ghost descended toward the moon's surface at 2 miles per hour, confirming on a live stream that the spacecraft had entered lunar gr

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