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The UK government wants more students to study science subjects - but employers want humanities graduates too.

We asked GPT-3, OpenAI's powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace.

New guidelines aimed at ensuring AI research is of same quality as that in other fields.

After 25 years I feel Britain has broken my trust. I'm one of many academics who now see their future in Europe

Rise in carbon capture as global warming speeds growth of forests would be negated by earlier deaths, say scientists.

Research suggests musicians can reduce infections by decreasing volume.

UKs Labour Party calls on health secretary to explain reasons behind increase and testing centre problems.

To dream of imminent solutions is only human. But progress will come from controlled expectations.

Research suggests stomach trouble more predictive of virus in young people than a cough.

Scientists worldwide are working against the clock to find a viable coronavirus vaccine - but are corners being cut for the sake of political gain and profit?

Comprehensive study suggests vaccine may not work as well for overweight people.

A German university is offering “idleness grants” to applicants who are seriously committed to doing sweet nothing.This indolence project is a serious look at societal values of success versus sustainability, says Hamburg arts college.

Arseniy Neskhodimov named overall winner of photography prize for his series Prozac.

Poorer, hotter parts of the world will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions, research finds

Open letter says there is emerging evidence of potential for aerosol transmission.

It's 38C in Siberia. The science may be complicated - but the need for action now couldn't be clearer, says climate scientist Tamsin Edwards.

Political parties demand Sweden's strategy be reviewed before next election in 2022.

Organs of some who die after over a month in hospital sustain 'complete disruption', peers told.

Just 15% of professors at Eindhoven University of Technology were women until it introduced a radical new scheme.

Richard Horton does not hold back in his criticism of the UK's response to the pandemic and the medical establishment's part in backing fatal government decisions.

New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet peer reviewers did not see raw data behind findings before publication.

The now retracted paper halted hydroxychloroquine trials. Studies like this determine how people live or die tomorrow.

Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studies.

The neuroscientist who advises Independent Sage on Covid-19 discusses the predictive power of his mathematical modelling.

More than 120 researchers and medical professionals from around the world have written an open letter to the editor of the Lancet raising serious concerns about a large and widely publicised global study that prompted the World Health Organisation to halt several Covid-19 clinical trials.

Concerns 50 years of progress could be put into reverse unless government intervenes.

The Cummings saga has made it plain that scientific advisers are shielding the government's collapsing reputation on coronavirus, says Lancet editor Richard Horton.

Researchers hope llama antibodies could help protect humans who have not been infected.

Government scientific advisers are furious at what they see as an attempt to censor their advice on government proposals during the Covid-19 lockdown by heavily redacting an official report before it was released to the public.

The British government publishes the names of 50 members of the experts' group - but the list is incomplete.