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The UK has joined the EU’s Horizon science funding scheme – but if we want the UK to lead, the hard work has just begun

The UK has joined the EU’s Horizon science funding scheme – but if we want the UK to lead, the hard work has just begun: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock The UK government’s announcement that it had rejoined the European Union’s Horizon Europe science funding programme was cause for celebration among researchers in Britain and across Europe. …

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Asteroid Bennu: successful touchdown – but sample return mission has only just begun

Asteroid Bennu: successful touchdown – but sample return mission has only just begun: Artist's concept of the OSIRIS REx spacecraft collecting material from Bennu. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Relief showed clearly on the faces of the team of NASA scientists and engineers as they were told: “Touchdown is complete”. Then applause a few seconds later …

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Imran Khan’s battles have only just begun, after Pakistan’s ‘dirtiest election’

Imran Khan’s battles have only just begun, after Pakistan’s ‘dirtiest election’: The votes cast in Pakistan’s election are still being counted (or rigged, as some allege). But it is already clear that Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will be the next prime minister. The previous governing party, Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N is trailing …

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