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Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy

One of Britain’s most distinguished scientists, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is “shooting itself in the foot” with its…

Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered U.S. House map…

Texas Republican state Sen. Pete Flores looks over the state’s redrawn congressional map at the Texas Capitol in Austin in August.…

Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe’s Black Death plague

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent Getty The Black Death fundamentally altered medieval society A volcanic eruption around the year 1345 may have set…