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Scottish businesswoman Anita Frew receives a damehood.

Billed as “Africa’s COP”, the 27th UN climate change summit (otherwise known as COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was expected to promote climate justice, as this is the continent most affected but least responsible for the climate crisis. Negotiations for a fund that would compensate developing countries for the loss…

TIDAL power extinguishes the arguments for new nuclear plants, Ian Blackford has argued.

The business magnate and new owner of Twitter Elon Musk revealed a while ago that he is autistic. Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, is autistic. Musk, a fellow of the prestigious Royal Society and Time’s 2021 Person of the Year, is autistic. One of the most famous people…

Frustration growing at delays that leave some unable to take up prestigious posts for up to seven months

The Horn of Africa – which includes Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and some surrounding countries – has been hit by increasingly frequent and devastating droughts. Despite this, it seems the region has an increasing amount of groundwater. And this water could help support drought-stricken rural communities.

New Zealand is generally proud of being a world leader, but there’s one claim that might not be universally admired: being home to the longest running English-language market for illegal drugs on the so-called “darknet”.

Monarch’s Royal Society links through the second Elizabethan age - and her childhood fun at the Science Museum

Comment: Those designing the curriculum shouldn't avoid Te Tiriti facts that may provoke a reaction, particularly among those still clinging on to narratives of consensual colonisation.

The professor is part of the executive team at the University of Nottingham

Cromwell Mortimer jotted down a sketch of the mystery object and published it in the Philosophical Transactions, vol XLIII in 1746, which has just come to light for the first time