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The Latest Breaking News from the Royal Society

‘Infectious enthusiasm’: Jonathan Yeo’s green portrait of David Attenborough unveiled

Painting of 98-year-old broadcaster, commissioned by Royal Society, goes on public display 2 July

The Guardian - UK

William to attend celebration of efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance

The Prince of Wales will deliver a short speech at the event.

The Independent UK

Stephen Cox obituary

Other lives: Former director-general of the Commonwealth Institute and executive secretary of the Royal Society under four presidents

The Guardian - UK

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From Migration to Curb Your Enthusiasm: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

The latest animation from the people who brought us Minions looks set to get kids all in a flap, and Larry David’s awks-tastic sitcom is back for a final season

The Guardian - UK

Jellyfish elevator carrying fish from ocean depths captured in weird, otherworldly photo

Image of a fish catching a lift on a jellyfish elevator is one of the winners of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.

LiveScience

Is Virgin Atlantic ‘Flight100’ the key to sustainable aviation?

What is ‘SAF’ and is it really the key to zero-emission flight?

The Independent UK

Climate change could lead to food-related civil unrest in UK within 50 years, say experts

The emptying of supermarket shelves during the COVID pandemic demonstrated the chaos that disruption to the UK’s food supply can provoke. Could this type of disruption have a different cause in the future? And what might the impact on society be?

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Wednesday briefing: Why Britain needs more black science professors

In today’s newsletter: Black professors make up less than 1% of science academics – will a new Royal Society scheme address the imbalance?

The Guardian - UK

UK academics urge Royal Society to condemn fossil fuel industry

Exclusive: Letter signed by more than 1,200 leading figures calls for ‘unambiguous statement’ about climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history

How humanity responds to the first contact with intelligent alien life could determine the very fate of our species. Here's what we can learn from history.

Space

Rishi Sunak’s green backtracking contrasts strongly with previous prime ministers’ efforts

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak appears to be wavering on “net zero by 2050” that Theresa May successfully passed through parliament with barely a cough of disapproval in 2019.

The Conversation

Alien contact could be a disaster

A public ET message could initiate cascading events, including military actions to corporate resource mining

Salon

First contact with aliens could easily end in genocide, scholars warn

SETI has been searching for evidence of alien life – but could doing so end in disaster?

LiveScience

First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history

We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact.

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The Guardian - UK

British scientists can request grants if UK rejoins EU’s £85bn Horizon scheme

‘Expected’ return could help retain scientists and researchers lost after grants were cancelled in Brexit row

The Guardian - UK

‘Look back and marvel’: how will today’s science be viewed in 2123?

As the Royal Society’s Summer Science exhibition opens we ask four experts for their predictions

The Guardian - UK

Virtual reality and a ‘snail fossil’ meet in clash of old and new at Royal Society

The Summer Science Exhibition shows the enduring appeal of the prehistoric

Wales Online

New GCSE science exams in Wales criticised by leading organisations

The Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics criticised the Welsh Government's plans to change GCSE science qualifications

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The Week

First crocodile virgin birth recorded

The first virgin birth by a crocodile has been reported by a reptile park in Costa Rica. An 18-year-old crocodile laid an egg containing a fully formed foetus, despite having been housed alone for 16 years and never mating. The Royal Society, in its journal Biology Letters, said this is…

The Hindu

Alagappa College of Technology alumnus makes it to Royal Society of London

An alumnus of the Alagappa College of Technology of Anna University M. Madan Babu has been elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of London (2023)

Reuters

Explainer-What are depleted uranium weapons - and what are the risks?

Britain said it would supply armour piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine to help destroy Russian tanks, a step President Vladimir Putin said would force a response from Moscow as the weapons had "a nuclear component".

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