There’s a worrying problem with the ‘Higgs field’ — the energy field that gives particles their mass. It seems to be dangerously close to having an inherent instability. In the absence of particles, t

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Livestock and poultry farming generates huge quantities of greenhouse gas emissions that fuel climate change. However, new research shows that companies operating UK ‘megafarms’ are routinely failing

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A few months ago (in issue 492), we reported that transport research company TRL was conducting a study into headlight glare. The study was commissioned and funded by the Department for Transport (DfT

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