Month: May 2025

Investors are calling Trump a chicken – here’s why that matters

Trump clearly resents the jibe – and if it encourages him to double down on bad decisions the economic results could be serious.

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How seaweed is a powerful, yet surprising, climate solution

A chance encounter on a rocky seashore led one professor to invent autonomous robotics that can harvest the power of seaweed.

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One lawsuit just helped melt the fossil fuel industry’s defence against being held accountable for climate change

Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.

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Neurosymbolic AI is the answer to large language models’ inability to stop hallucinating

Neurosymbolic AI combines the learning of LLMs with teaching the machine formal rules that should make them more reliable and energy efficient.

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Coffee can interfere with your medication – here’s what you need to know

Caffeine can speed up digestion, block drug absorption and even raise your heart rate when mixed with certain medicines.

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Soaring rice prices are stirring political trouble in Japan – history shows this often leads to a change of government

The Japanese government’s approval ratings are dropping fast ahead of elections in July.

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Reform’s threat to the mainstream parties is unique in UK political history

Left and right boundaries are blurring, and Labour is on the back foot.

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Why police released the ethnicity of Liverpool parade crash suspect

A recent House of Commons report suggested that the laws of contempt are not fit for the social media age.

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Male infertility: how lab-produced sperm could transform fertility treatment in the future

Male infertility is rising – but what if science can grow sperm in a lab?

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Trump sees himself as more like a king than president. Here’s why

Trump’s ambition to extend the powers of the president has prompted national ‘no kings’ protests.

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