When we are cataloguing the pseudo-sciences, we often automatically include pessimistic and doom-mongering theories, but we rarely think to discuss ideas from the camp promoting the beneficial effects of scientific
Archive for January 2018
France and Germany have pledged to increase their tech cooperation so Europe can progress towards becoming a global champion of digital technology. Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats have voted in favour
Researchers have discovered that mutations in a single gene has been linked to cases of severe obesity, offering new gene therapy possibilities to fight against the global epidemic. Obesity –
Diabetes: the new panorama There are some key facts crucial to an understanding of the current situation. WHO definitions of obesity reveal some of them. To date, obesity worldwide has
French Writer and analyst Guillaume Pitron warns about growing reliance on rare-earth metal – which are necessary to build high-tech products – in his book La guerre des métaux rares
In light of the UK leaving the European Union, member states will be asked to increase their contributions to Brussels. In a statement to the press, regarding plans to implement
MEPs argued Europe needs to boost its online defences against Russian “orchestrated disinformation” ahead of upcoming elections. At a plenary debate in Strasbourg on January 17, Members of the European
A new pan-European study establishes how the nature of Europe’s forests has changed over the last thousands of years. A recent study led by academics in Sweden, Germany, France, Estonia
The European Commission announced it would hold off on a measure to tax electronic cigarettes uniformly across the European Union, claiming that it had insufficient data to come to an
On Tuesday January 16th, MEPs voted in favour of an amendment to ban the use of electrical pulse fishing within EU waters. The European Parliament was voting on new fisheries