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The UK is facing a security crisis. Great power competition has returned, and the threat of hostility from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is increasing. The west can no longer assume military superiority, and the UK can no longer depend unconditionally on the US. The character of war itself is changing as new technology is introduced.
This is the situation laid out in the latest strategic defence review. The implications for the UK are clear: the country must prepare for high-intensity, protracted war, not counter-insurgency operations like Iraq or Afghanistan.
In order to address these…
A recent analysis is sounding an environmental alarm over brominated flame retardants, PCBs, plastic, lead, pesticides, and heavy metals.
They believe they are the first to find evidence of hedgehog exposure to PAHs, phthalates and pesticides through analyses of liver tissue.
Urban green spaces are prized by humans because they attract many species of wildlife but they are still in cities, so they will include synthetic materials and chemicals no matter how diligent about pollution people think they are. Hedgehogs are ramblers, they travel in and out of parks and gardens every night eating …
It’s a dangerous time for protest rights in the UK. The government has introduced a bill that would make it a criminal offence to conceal your identity at a protest.
The crime and policing bill establishes an offence if a person conceals their identity within a specifically designated area. That is, an area where the police believe that a protest is taking place, or is likely to take place, and that involves, or might involve, the “commission of offences” (people breaking the law).
These powers are preemptive and vague – how is the “likelihood” of a protest or offences determined? What…
Agriculture
Farmers from Europe to South America have one large, fragile asset more important than all others. Their land. Specifically, a thin layer of topsoil that can readily wash away or be depleted.
Chemistry
The coronavirus pandemic has now spread to every country in Africa, hitting a continent already reeling from the worst plague of Desert
Culture
During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, as lockdowns were put in place by government, there was concern about the experts demanding the decisions.
Biology
Freie Universität Berlin’s Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy Rising Star Fellowship Program is open to researchers who have completed a doctoral degree within the last four years.
Physics
W bosons, elementary particles that carry the weak force, one of the four fundamental forces.
Environment
The United States is producing affordable food using less energy, less water, and less land than at any time in history, all leading to less environmental strain.
Space
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Energy
Forced contraception in exchange for aid is the solution.
The problem is that there are too many of us.
COVID-19 is nature’s way of dealing with the situation.