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Philip Ball

US scientists must be ready to face an onslaught

Donald Trump's picks for the big science and technology jobs seem calculated to spread despair. Scientists need to formulate a robust response

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Critical Mass: Cracking the quantum gravity puzzle

Physicists are searching for evidence of the existence of particles known as gravitons – to determine if gravity is a ‘quantum’ affair

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Max Planck's lessons for scientists

In times of state corruption and political interference, scientists remain ‘apolitical’ at their peril

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Do we need a modern Darwin?

Biology is notoriously conservative about bold new ideas, so even the suggestion of modernising the evolutionary theory has caused a stir

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Critical Mass: Science’s love-hate relationship with the Standard Model

For years, scientists have been trying to undermine the cornerstone of modern fundamental physics, but it stubbornly refuses to break

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Understanding the science of water

We need water to survive. So why is ensuring its presence so controversial?

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Can science save democracy?

The gap between academia and reality needs to be closed when navigating today's political climate

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Who won the Nobel Prizes of 2024?

Is AI really science, or just hi-tech number crunching?

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Should science be free from politics?

Scientific American magazine has endorsed Kamala Harris, but many in the science community have their concerns

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Is AI ready for Nobel prize season?

As Nobel season approaches, speculation has begun in the scientific community

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How to become invisble

The military’s investment in the technologies of invisibility should be a cause for concern

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Are we ready for the future of IVF?

The ethical issues surrounding these developments are about far more than safety

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Giant steps are what we take with water on the moon

China’s Chang’e-5 mission has fuelled a new lunar race after it brought back a sample of rock apparently containing water

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Will there ever be a nuclear fusion breakthrough?

Fusion won’t arrive soon enough to solve global warming but it could become a commercial reality in the second half of the century

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Critical Mass: Can humans be modified to live in space?

The exploration of genetic modification for space travel raises ethical questions about altering human biology

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The moral dilemmas of embryo models

The UK’s regulator, HFEA, is having to grapple with the scientific, ethical and even philosophical challenges associated with synthetic embryo research

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Critical Mass.. on Imane Khelif

The furore surrounding the Algerian boxer, who may have Swyer syndrome, highlights complex issues around gender and sport

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Critical Mass.. on pandemics

The Covid inquiry report has exposed the systemic failures in the UK’s pandemic response

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Critical Mass.. on science

In TNE’s new column, science writer Philip Ball provides news and analysis from scientists, policymakers and the frontiers of human knowledge

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