Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

bbc.co.uk

Targeted marine cloud brightening weakens subsequent El Niño

Seasonal marine cloud brightening in the southeast Pacific reduces global El Niño impacts on decision-relevant timescales.

science.org

65th Cherwell Simon Lecture - The quantum computation revolution and its impact on physics

Professor Dorit Aharonov will be discussing 'The Quantum Computation Revolution and its Impact on Physics'

physics.ox.ac.uk

Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says

Digital distractions are vying for people’s focus, but our underlying capacity to pay attention seems to be undiminished.

nature.com

Atmospheric Science Training Courses - NCAS

Build your place within the atmospheric science community by developing skills and knowledge with the National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

ncas.ac.uk

11th National Climate Dynamics Workshop

UK Climate Dynamics Workshops are annual in-person events aiming to promote collaboration amongst the UK academic sector and the Met Office.

rmets.org

Chagos Islands: Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK

The president's comments come just a day after the US gave its official backing to the UK's Chagos deal.

bbc.co.uk

NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions - NASA

These two missions were selected for continued development as part of NASA’s Earth System Explorers Program, which conducts principal investigator-led Earth

nasa.gov

QBOi El Niño Southern Oscillation experiments: assessing relationships between ENSO, MJO, and QBO

Abstract. This study uses an ensemble of climate model experiments coordinated by the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation initiative (QBOi) to analyze the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) in the presence of eit...

wcd.copernicus.org

2025 State of the Climate Report: Our Planet's Vital Signs are Crashing - Eos

A yearly analysis of climate change’s progress and effects shows a “planet on the brink” of ecological breakdown and widespread crisis and suggests that only rapid climate mitigation able to avoid the...

eos.org

rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Scientists win Nobel Prize for groundbreaking immune system work

The prize-winning discovery explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

bbc.com

Why We Write in Science

A hard look at today’s science system — why we publish, what’s gone wrong, and how we might recover the broken joy of writing.

medium.com

Quarter of schools in England lack a physics teacher, analysis finds

Institute of Physics says ‘critical’ shortage means 700,000 pupils are deprived of a subject specialist

theguardian.com

Climate models need more frequent releases of input data — here’s how to do it

Annual updates to ‘climate forcing’ data sets would allow simulations to keep pace as global warming accelerates.

nature.com

Australian-made rocket crashes with Vegemite payload — The Telegraph

Orbital rocket hovers off ground for 14 seconds before running out of steam

apple.news

Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature

The action comes as high-ranking US officials criticize top journals as ‘woke’ and ‘corrupt’.

nature.com

Starmer unveils 'tighter' immigration policy promising numbers will fall significantly - live updates

Proposed changes include English tests and cuts to recruitment of overseas care workers, as Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says Labour

bbc.co.uk

The UK’s gamble on solar geoengineering is like using aspirin for cancer | Raymond Pierrehumbert and Michael Mann

Injecting pollutants into the atmosphere to reflect the sun would be extremely dangerous, but the UK is funding field trials

theguardian.com

Proposed 2026 NASA budget slashes $6 billion, mostly from science programs

The cuts would reduce NASA's budget by roughly 25% and phase out spacecraft that were planned for a return to the moon.

nbcnews.com

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Ultra-processed foods may be linked to early death

UPFs, such as crisps, biscuits, ice cream, hot dogs and fizzy drinks, are increasingly common in diets worldwide.

bbc.co.uk