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Brexit: EU must end ‘persistent delays’ in giving UK access to scientific research programmes, says government | Politics News
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The EU must end “persistent delays” over the UK’s access to the bloc’s scientific research programmes after Brexit, the government has demanded as it launched legal action. It said the delays have prevented the UK from accessing Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation, and Copernicus, the earth observation programme that…
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Gonorrhoea is why we have grandparents, research suggests | Science & Tech News
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Scientists believe gonorrhoea might deserve the credit for why humans are one of the few species who look after their grandchildren. The evolution of all life is driven by a single imperative, reproduction, and the biology of most animal species is optimised for that purpose at the cost of longer lifespans. Humans are one of…
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Research shows a verbal insult is like a ‘mini slap in the face’ in study that looks at how words affect us | UK News
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A verbal insult will “get at you” and is like a “mini slap in the face”, according to new research. Scientists looked at the short-term impact of repeated insults as part of a study analysing links between emotion and language. The paper, published in Frontiers In Communication, found the verbal insults could have an impact…