In an effort to prevent future illnesses, Estonia has launched a programme to provide 100,000 of its 1.3 million residents with free genetic testing and counselling services. The move has
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Warming oceans are causing Antarctica’s ice sheet to melt from underneath, according to a new study. The results suggest climate change is having a bigger impact on ice loss in
A man in the United Kingdom has developed what may be the ‘worst-ever’ case of gonorrhoea. Health officials have said it is the first time a gonorrhoea infection could not
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to invest €1.5 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2022 in a bid to make France a world leader in the field. The
Scientists have discovered that global weather cycles such as El Niño affect as much as two-thirds of the world’s cropland. The researchers say their findings have the potential to improve
A coalition of 20 different civil society groups in Europe has called on EU leaders to overhaul the bloc’s food and farming sectors and reduce the production and consumption of
The West Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than at any point in the last 450 years, according to a new study. Scientists say the high melt rate is due
Scientists have discovered a new class of antibiotics that shows promise in treating superbug MRSA, which is resistant to conventional antibiotics. Led by researchers at Brown University and Rhode Island
The European Commission announced on Monday that it has opened a comprehensive investigation to determine whether Romania’s public support provided to Complexul Energetic Hunedoara (CE Hunedoara), a state-owned electricity and
The European Union’s General Court said on Wednesday that civil society organisations could submit legal cases challenging the way the European Commission authorises the sale of genetically modified organisms, or