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Trump is driving another nail into the coffin of US science

Demonstrators rally during a “Kill the Cuts” protest against the Trump administration’s funding cuts in April 2025.

S.Korean scientist behind global stem cell scandal stripped of top honour after 22 years

A Seoul National University investigation found that Hwang Woo-suk’s landmark stem cell findings were based on fabricated data.

Former football players show brain changes but no cognitive decline, researchers find

The study was looking to establish if repetitive impacts like heading the ball affect the risk of developing dementia in footballers.

Nobel-winning US chemist will move to China to lead AI institute

Omar Yaghi, who shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has left his faculty post at the University of California, Berkeley, for one in China.

Thailand names new snake-necked dinosaur from Kalasin province

The dinosaur has been named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, a new genus and species of sauropod from the Phu Kradung Formation in north-eastern Thailand.

Artificial cloud brightening could tame El Nino, but with risks: Study

The study, which uses computer models show that artificially brightening clouds over the Pacific, when timed right, could neutralise the influential weather pattern and blunt its worst impacts.

Scientists made a cell with most of the hallmarks of life. Here’s what to know

PHOTO: ADAMALA LAB

‘Diving suits’ developed to assist cyborg cockroaches in underwater search-and-rescue efforts

Equipped with infrared cameras, sensors and electrodes, cyborg cockroaches can help to locate survivors in disaster-hit areas.

‘Spare tyre’ fat around the belly making you age faster, study says

The study found that people carrying more visceral fat tended to show signs of faster biological ageing, regardless of how much they weighed overall.

World’s largest particle smasher halts for 4 years in upgrade to boost hunt for dark matter

The tunnels of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) and the current Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva.

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