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Major shake-up of UK energy system could ‘lower bills for good’, government says | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Plans to “green” the UK’s power system will protect consumers from future energy crises and has the potential to “bring down bills for good”, the government has said. Achieving clean electricity by 2030 was a key election promise for the Labour party, and reiterated by Keir Starmer last week as he outlined government ‘milestones’. To…
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The ‘DANA’ weather system behind Spain’s extreme rainfall | World News
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The extreme conditions in eastern Spain which saw Valencia get a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours can be blamed on an event locally known as Depresion Aislada en Niveles Altos (DANA). This weather situation occurs when the jet stream high up in the atmosphere meanders like a river and creates a cut…
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Down the drain: What went wrong with Britain’s water system? | Science & Tech News
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If you want to understand how Britain got mired in a sewage crisis from which it may never truly escape, the best place to begin is not this year or last year, or for that matter the year England’s water industry was privatised (1989), but more than a century-and-a-half ago. It might seem odd to…
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NASA to explore giant metal asteroid Psyche – and it could reveal secrets of solar system | Science & Tech News
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NASA and SpaceX are set to send a spacecraft to a giant metal asteroid discovered back in the 1800s. The goal? To reveal more about the origins of our solar system. Here’s everything you need to know about the mission. What is Psyche? Psyche is the name of the mission, as well as the name…
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iPhone 15: Apple says it will fix software issue causing device to get too hot – and blame some apps for ‘overloading the system’ | Science & Tech News
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Apple is blaming a software bug and issues tied to apps like Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to get too hot. The company said over the weekend that it is working on an update to the iOS17 system that powers the iPhone 15 line-up to prevent the devices from…
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Osiris-Rex’s sample from asteroid Bennu will reveal secrets of our solar system | Science & Tech News
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It will make the most incredible unboxing video. In the coming days, NASA scientists will open the capsule containing dust from the asteroid Bennu and delve into the secrets of our solar system. There are just 250g or so of material inside the heavily protected shell that plunged through the atmosphere before parachuting gently into…
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Royal Navy’s experimental ship carries out first trial of quantum navigation system | Science & Tech News
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The Royal Navy has carried out the first trial of a quantum navigation system that could allow a vessel to know its precise position anywhere in the world without using GPS. The technology, developed by physicists at Imperial College in London, exploits the quantum properties of atoms to measure an object’s movement more precisely than…
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SpaceX launches Starship in landmark test of world’s most powerful rocket system | Science & Tech News
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SpaceX has launched its Starship rocket system, the biggest and most powerful ever made, for the first time in a landmark test. Three days after an inaugural flight was scrapped due to a last-minute glitch, it blasted off from Boca Chica in southern Texas as thousands of spectators watched on nearby. But the rocket system…
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Date and time set for UK’s first nationwide test of emergency alert system | Science & Tech News
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A nationwide test of the UK’s emergency alert service will take place at 3pm on Sunday 23 April. Messages will pop up on mobile phones across the country, along with a sound and vibration that will stop automatically after 10 seconds. People will just need to tap “OK” or swipe away the notification like any…
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Artificial sweetener found in diet soft drinks ‘has unexpected effect on immune system’, study finds | UK News
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A study into an artificial sweetener commonly used in hot drinks and found in diet soft drinks has uncovered an “unexpected effect on the immune system”, scientists say. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London found that consuming a high amount of sucralose lowers activation of T cells – a type of white blood…