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Budget passback documents reportedly suggest the White House wants to cut NASA's budget by half — possibly closing down Goddard Space Flight Center.

Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into sentences. This is thanks to compositionality: the ability to combine meaningful units into larger structures whose meaning is derived from the meaning of its units and the way they are combined.

Michael Faraday’s illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London’s Royal Institution to go online

As President Donald Trump's administration looks to reverse a cornerstone finding that climate change endangers human health and welfare, scientists say they need to look around because it’s obvious how bad global warming is and how its getting worse

Gilead Pharmaceuticals is back to highs not seen in a decade as its HIV treatment franchise surges and awaits its 100% effective HIV prevention drug in summer

But broadcaster Nick Robinson rejects the allegations against the Corporation

The PM and president discussed Starmer’s forthcoming visit to the US, No 10 said

Peter Kyle defended the Chancellor after reports said her use of expenses while working at a retail bank had been subject to an investigation.

Some of the tools, named after the fictional Whitehall official Sir Humphrey Appleby from the BBC’s Yes, Minister, are ready for use straight away.