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The $93-billion Plan to Put Astronauts Back on the Moon

The $93-billion Plan to Put Astronauts Back on the Moon

The world's most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 - a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis programme.

Half of Covid-Hospitalised Still Symptomatic Two Years On, Study Finds

Half of Covid-Hospitalised Still Symptomatic Two Years On, Study Finds

Research on Wuhan patients reveals effects of long Covid, with 11% still not having returned to work.

EU Start-ups in Limbo As Commission Dithers over European Innovation Council Equity Fund

EU Start-ups in Limbo As Commission Dithers over European Innovation Council Equity Fund

The European Innovation Council's (EIC) Accelerator funding for start-ups continues to be held up as the Commission's directorates fight over how to manage the new equity fund. The delays are affecting companies selected to receive 'blended finance' - a mix of grant and equity funding - following the June cut-off date last year, the first under Horizon Europe. But the impact may soon be felt by those next in line, which were selected for funding following the October cut-off.

Are COVID Surges Becoming More Predictable? New Omicron Variants Offer a Hint

Are COVID Surges Becoming More Predictable? New Omicron Variants Offer a Hint

Omicron relatives called BA.4 and BA.5 are behind a fresh wave of COVID-19 in South Africa, and could be signs of a more predictable future for SARS-CoV-2.

Revealed: the 'carbon Bombs' Set to Trigger Catastrophic Climate Breakdown

Revealed: the 'carbon Bombs' Set to Trigger Catastrophic Climate Breakdown

Exclusive: Oil and gas majors are planning scores of vast projects that threaten to shatter the 1.5C climate goal. If governments do not act, these firms will continue to cash in as the world burns

Ukraine: Holding Lectures While the Bombs Fall

Ukraine: Holding Lectures While the Bombs Fall

With the Russian army marching on his home city, a Ukrainian scholar must decide how to respond.

The Rise of Sino-Russian Biotech Cooperation

The Rise of Sino-Russian Biotech Cooperation

Recent examples of Sino-Russian biotechnology cooperation projects, offering an early account of the emerging integration of two distinct innovation infrastructures.

Japan's Path to Becoming a Leader in Western Science: an Asian Perspective on Science and Other Forms of Knowledge

Japan's Path to Becoming a Leader in Western Science: an Asian Perspective on Science and Other Forms of Knowledge

As New Zealand considers how and whether to incorporate traditional Māori knowledge in the science curriculum, what might we learn from the experiences of Japan?

Science Is Redefining Motherhood. If Only Society Would Let It

Science Is Redefining Motherhood. If Only Society Would Let It

It's time to decouple maternity from womanhood. Recent advances in fertility science are helping pave the way toward inclusivity.

Making Science More Open Is Good for Research-but Bad for Security

Making Science More Open Is Good for Research-but Bad for Security

The open science movement pushes for making scientific knowledge quickly accessible to all. But a new paper warns that speed can come at a cost.

You Don't Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet-Just Eat Less

You Don't Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet-Just Eat Less

If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad.

Federal Council Adopts Measures on Horizon Europe and Strengthens International Space Cooperation

Federal Council Adopts Measures on Horizon Europe and Strengthens International Space Cooperation

Switzerland is currently considered a non-associated third country in Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. On 4 May 2022, the Federal Council adopted extensive measures to bridge the gap arising from this situation.

US Plans Campaign to Attract Russian Scientists, Engineers to America

US Plans Campaign to Attract Russian Scientists, Engineers to America

The Biden Administration is planning a campaign to attract Russian scientists and engineers to the US, in an effort to further weaken Russia's science and technology base. It also plans to help Russian physicists at the CERN nuclear lab continue working there, rather than return home when their normal visas expire, if they wish.

Mainstream Economic Policy Must Factor Climate Change into Its Growth Calculus

Mainstream Economic Policy Must Factor Climate Change into Its Growth Calculus

This article discusses the need for mainstream economics to incorporate climate change and environmental sustainability in growth analysis projections.