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Landmark Paris Agreement ‘more fragile’ than ever, UK’s top climate diplomat warns | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The world’s landmark Paris Agreement is “more fragile” than it has ever been and disagreements risk “imploding” it, the UK’s climate ambassador has warned. The seminal treaty obliges countries to produce regular plans on how they will cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow climate change. Since it was signed in 2015, predicted levels…
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Google unveils ‘astonishing’ quantum computing chip called Willow | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Google has unveiled a computing chip capable of solving problems in minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years to complete. As well as being extremely fast, the experimental quantum chip, called Willow, can reduce errors exponentially. That’s important because currently, quantum computers exponentially create errors, according to Google. Hartmut Neven,…
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Shell and Greenpeace settle climate protest case | Money News
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Shell and the environmental campaign group Greenpeace have settled a multimillion-pound lawsuit brought over an at-sea protest. The oil firm brought the case, described by Greenpeace as an act of “intimidation”, in London over an incident in January last year that saw four activists board a production vessel while in transit near the Canary Islands.…
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Google reveals 2024’s most searched-for topics and questions in the UK | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Google has revealed the UK’s most searched topics in 2024. After Oasis announced they were reuniting for a UK tour back in August, they instantly became the most searched musicians of the year, with ‘how to get Oasis tickets’ the second top trending ‘how to’ question of the year. Loads of us also asked when…
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Tiny frogs named after Charles Darwin flown from Chile to London to save them from deadly fungus | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Dozens of tiny frogs named after Charles Darwin have landed in London after being rescued from a killer fungus in Chile. The peculiar, pointy-nosed southern Darwin’s frog once thrived in the Parque Tantauco forests in southern Chile. But it is now plagued by the devastating chytrid fungus spread by humans, and their numbers have plummeted…
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Occasional sweet treat may be healthier than no sugar at all, study finds | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Sugary drinks are very bad for you, but the occasional sweet treat could actually be good for your health, according to a new study. Scientists in Sweden studied nearly 70,000 people over two decades and came to a sensible-sounding conclusion: a little bit of what you fancy does you good – unless what you fancy…
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The US is sounding the alarm on fluoride in drinking water – what’s the story in the UK? | UK News
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The debate around whether fluoride should be added to tap water is not new. The practice, which is aimed at reducing tooth decay, has been ongoing for 60 years. But since fluoride toothpaste became more widely available around the 1970s, more questions have been raised about whether adding it to the drinking supply is still…
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Bitcoin hits $100,000 as Trump picks cryptocurrency fan to head financial watchdog | Money News
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The world’s biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has been valued at more than $100,000 for the first time, spurred on by Donald Trump’s latest nomination for his presidential team. The cryptocurrency was valued at $103,280 (£81,160) as of 4.10am UK time, leaping in value by 7.9% in the previous 24 hours, according to currency converter XE.com. It’s…
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UK biggest phone network created as Three-Vodafone merger gets conditional approval | Money News
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The competition watchdog has approved the creation of the UK’s biggest phone network by allowing the merger of Three and Vodafone. Regulator the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued the decision despite previously saying tens of millions could pay more due to the amalgamation. CMA approval is contingent on the new entity spending billions to…
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‘King Kong’ of weight loss jabs just too effective for the NHS | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The ‘King Kong’ of obesity jabs is just too effective for the NHS to handle. Patients taking Mounjaro lose around a fifth of their body weight in a year and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) estimates there are 3.4 million people in England who could benefit. But when draft guidelines came…