We take it for granted that because our shelves and supermarkets are heaving with food that there are no problems with food security. But we have limited land in the U.K., and climate disruption and population growth are putting pressure on food supply.
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Distributed ledger technologies have the potential to help governments to collect taxes, deliver benefits, issue passports, record land registries, assure the supply chain of goods, and generally ensure the integrity of government records and services.
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The question is, are there useful things that we can do with the results of a genome sequence that would bring benefit? And the answer is, today, should the majority of people go and have their genome sequenced? Probably not. But are there particular circumstances in which genome sequencing is really helpful? Yes, there are.
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We all want our drugs to be safe - and so an essential part of the pathway to the development of a new drug is approval by a regulator.
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Public trust is a vital condition for artificial intelligence to be used productively.
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Henry Wellcome certainly was a talented character with a colorful and amazing personal story.
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