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Environment Oct 20, 2017

How to cook a more sustainable Sunday roast

The Sunday roast is an institution for many families across the globe. From Australia to the UK, families come together on a Sunday to share a meal. More often than not, this meal is centred around a joint of roast meat – ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Sep 20, 2017

Some of the best parts of autonomous vehicles are already here

Fully automated cars are still many years away. Amid the government activity and potential for social benefits, it's important not to lose sight of smaller improvements that could more immediately save lives and reduce injuries ...

Internet Sep 12, 2017

Scientists are analyzing your tweets and FB posts—is it ethical?

Did you know researchers are reading and analyzing your tweets and Facebook posts in the name of science? If so, how do you feel about it? If you feel unsettled, what would make you feel better?

Biotechnology Jul 26, 2017

Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life's blueprint

At Jef Boeke's lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here.

Plants & Animals Jul 20, 2017

Many pet owners unable to spot an out of hours vet emergency

Although the results only reflect behaviour for one out-of-hours service, the authors believe that this tendency could be be replicated across the small animal veterinary sector.

Social Sciences May 18, 2017

Ethics and compliance officers face challenges to their legitimacy, study finds

Legislative changes that were introduced in response to corporate scandals in the 1980s and 1990s, and the many others since, have especially motivated larger companies to create ethics and compliance officer positions. These ...

Social Sciences May 8, 2017

People don't trust scientific research when companies are involved

A soda company sponsoring nutrition research. An oil conglomerate helping fund a climate-related research meeting. Does the public care who's paying for science?

Security Mar 16, 2017

DeepMind-Royal Free deal is 'cautionary tale' for health care in the algorithmic age

Researchers studying a deal in which Google's artificial intelligence subsidiary, DeepMind, acquired access to millions of sensitive NHS patient records have warned that more must be done to regulate data transfers from public ...

Other Feb 3, 2017

When scientific advances can both help and hurt humanity

Scientific research can change our lives for the better, but it also presents risks – either through deliberate misuse or accident. Think about studying deadly pathogens; that's how we can learn how to successfully ward ...

Business Jan 5, 2017

Work email overload: can the law lead a fightback?

Beatrice, a busy 50-year-old manager at an airline in Paris, sounds like she would benefit from France's new "right to disconnect" law that guarantees all employees freedom from their work smartphone and email.

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