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The celebrated British dance music act Orbital have reformed after 5 years and headline the Bluedot Science technology and music festival in Cheshire next weekend. Formed by brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll at the start of the acid house explosion in the late 80’s – Orbital are famed for spectacular live performances in front of…
With a new crop of MPs entering the House of Commons, the media has celebrated “the most diverse Parliament yet”. There are now record numbers of women, ethnic minorities and openly LGBT MPs in the Parliament (although there is still under-representation of these groups). But how about other things, like education and occupation? Do our MPs’ social…
Our Science Editor, Tom Clarke, has more on the Grenfell Tower fire.
Both MPs and residents have raised concerns about fire safety at tower blocks in the area over recent years. So just what are the possible issues surrounding last night’s blaze? Our Science Editor, Tom Clarke, has been looking into what we know.
CO2 levels have not been this high for at least three million years.
Gary Gibbon
President Trump didn’t deliver the endorsement of Article 5 of the NATO founding treaty which some hoped he would. He gave the leaders a public dressing down for not paying their way in NATO and even suggested that continuing terrorism should be on their consciences if they don’t cough up.
The Lib Dem leader wants to be judged on his ‘track record’ of LGBT campaigning, not his religious beliefs. FactCheck took a look at his voting history.
Artificial Intelligence – once the stuff of science fiction, it’s now becoming a reality across our society. Healthcare is one area where doctors believe AI could transform the way patients are treated – so could it be a saviour for the cash strapped NHS?
The new head of America’s environmental protection agency has told conservative activists he won’t go through with earlier threats to scrap the EPA altogether. But Scott Prewitt said the task of rolling back key climate and clean water regulations could start as soon as next week. And he’s not the only climate change sceptic with…
Jacquelyn Guderley, co-founder of Stemettes a social enterprise supporting young women into the science, technology, engineering and maths industries, and Merici Vinton, co-founder of Ada’s list, an online community that aims to connect and support women in tech.
Gary Gibbon
Did Theresa May tame Donald Trump or did we just learn that Donald Trump can do “restrained.” It wasn’t obviously part of his repertoire in the first week in office.
Lindsey Hilsum
Every few hours I check my Whatsapp feed from the doctors in East Aleppo. They post videos of injured children and a combination of eyewitness news and desperate messages.
Some Brexiteers are not amused by Mr Davis’ words. Arron Banks of Leave.eu called them “incredibly foolish”.
This certainly is a pivotal moment. Mr Trump’s plans for energy, climate policy and trade will have an enormous impact, not just on the US, but the rest of the world. With me now to make sense of it all, our Business Editor Siobhan Kennedy and our Science Editor Tom Clarke.
Ahead of tomorrow’s climate summit in Marrakech, our Science Editor, Tom Clarke, will be looking at how Britain is doing in its efforts to cut CO2 emissions.