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  • Chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance, the then prime minister Boris Johnson and chief medical officer Chris Whitty

    Covid inquiry
    Scientists set to expose chaos and disagreement in UK government

    The Eat out to help out scheme will face scrutiny when Patrick Vallance, Chris Whitty and Angela McLean appear this week
  • Dr Elinor Breman, a researcher at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst, Sussex.

    Doomsday vaults
    The highly secure chambers storing seeds, data and DNA to protect our future

  • 21 March 1971

    From the Observer archive
    Among the ‘memory athletes’, 1971

  • A model of the skull of Homo floresiensis

    Where did they all go?
    How Homo sapiens became the last human species left

  • May0098039. Kimberly Wilson for ST Home & Living. Picture date 18/12/2020

    Kimberley Wilson
    ‘You can’t have good mental health without good nutrition’

  • A flock of vultures and other animals watch on as several eagles feed from a carcass in a prehistoric Australian bushland landscape

    Dinosaurs
    Prehistoric Australian vultures and eagles brought to life in ‘gory’ new painting

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  • Researchers working in a laboratory in London.

    UK needs more lab space if it wants to be science superpower, ministers told

  • AI letters and a robot hand

    Jeremy Hunt to announce US-inspired science and technology scheme

  • A man in a top hat performs a trick, making an egg come out of a woman's mouth.

    Magicians less prone to mental disorders than other artists, finds research

  • health worker studying a monitor with a CT scan under way in front of her

    AI could predict heart attack risk up to 10 years in the future, finds Oxford study

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  • Dominic Cummings arrives at Dorland House in London to give evidence to the Covid inquiry. Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images

    The Covid inquiry – Politics Weekly UK

  • Senior woman doing puzzles in a book

    Brain health: six key questions answered

  • Person looking out of a window

    Covid pandemic ‘had lasting impact’ on brain health of people aged 50 or over

  • Lee Cain arriving at inquiry hearing on Tuesday morning

    Boris Johnson had ‘wrong skill set’ to lead during Covid, top aide tells inquiry

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  • Frankenstein, 1931

    The Guardian view on new dictionary words: a parlour game that can clarify a scary reality

  • Devi Sridhar

    I feared scientific advisers were being used by the government – the Covid inquiry shows they were

    Devi Sridhar
  • Rishi Sunak at London Tech Week, in June 2023.

    Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit appears slick – but look closer and alarm bells start ringing

    Chris Stokel-Walker
  • Emma Beddington

    Maggie Smith, Miriam Margolyes, Harriet Walter … I can’t get enough of the new fashion icons

    Emma Beddington
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  • Lava spurts after the eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland in July.

    The mysteries of volcanoes: what’s going on beneath the ground in Iceland? – podcast

  • cannabis oil in bottles with lettering cbd on white background

    CBD: what’s the science behind the wellness trend? – podcast

    An estimated one in ten people in the UK have used products containing cannabidiol (CBD), and many users believe it can help with a range of ailments like sleep, anxiety and pain. But is there any evidence for the supposed benefits? Ian Sample talks to Dr Will Lawn of Kings College University who has studied the health effects of CBD, to find out
  • Severe drought hits Amazon's tributary Rio Negro, in Brazil. Photo by Andre Coelho/EPA

    Why is the Amazon rainforest drying up? – podcast

    Ian Sample talks to Guardian global environment editor Jon Watts about the withering drought currently devastating the Amazon rainforest. Jon explains the complex mix of factors that are driving the drought, and considers whether it might be a catalyst for more concerted climate action in Brazil and beyond
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  • Mark, Margaret and Andrea Glabs Home Instead campaign ONLY

    ‘Mum lives on her own, carers provide companionship’
    How one family found support for a loved one

  • Katina Sheehan at home with her dogs

    'I lost myself'
    How home carers enabled a daughter to regain her independence

  • Home carer with elderly man

    Home care
    Seven tops tips on how to find a suitable provider

  • Home carer helping older woman with food preparation

    What is home care?
    Ways to support older loved ones – in the place they’re happiest

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  • The artificial leaves were tested on the River Cam in and around Cambridge including sites such as the Bridge of Sighs.

    Physics
    Floating factories of artificial leaves could make green fuel for jets and ships

  • A model of the skull of Homo floresiensis

    Biology
    Where did they all go? How Homo sapiens became the last human species left

    • Space
      Rows and rockets blow up as Elon Musk’s firms endure turbulent weekend

    • Genetics
      UK medicines regulator approves gene therapy for two blood disorders

    • Medical research
      UK medicines regulator approves gene therapy for two blood disorders

    • Psychology
      My brother the political prisoner, by Sanaa Seif

  • Woman with arms crossed day dreaming<br>MANIFESTING DC2CA8 Woman with arms crossed day dreaming

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Are you a lateral thinker?

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Are you a lateral thinker?

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Forget Wordle, here’s Worzle

  • ITV ARCHIVE<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX/Shutterstock (204688c) Aunt Sally [Una Stubbs] Worzel Gummidge [Jon Pertwee] - ITV ARCHIVE

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Forget Wordle, here’s Worzle

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  • SpaceX's Starship rocket booster explodes after blast off – video

  • The Starship rocket system is expected to launch from Texas after the spacecraft exploded in air during a first test flight in April

    SpaceX attempts second test flight of world’s largest rocket – watch live

    The Starship rocket system is expected to launch from Texas after the spacecraft exploded in air during a first test flight in April
  • Jeff Bezos's tech giant races to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX after launching its first two prototype satellites into space

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    Amazon launches first two prototype satellites into space – video

    Jeff Bezos's tech giant races to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX after launching its first two prototype satellites into space
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