July 2018

Letting parents choose preferred characteristics of offspring to avoid disease or otherwise, could be acceptable if it doesn’t entrench disadvantages, says Nuffield Council on Bioethics Via: Designer babies: Picking traits for non-medical reasons could be 'morally permissible', says UK ethics group

Warming oceans mean large species such as hammerheads are likely to make their way north from the Mediterranean and Spanish coast Via: Exotic sharks could migrate to British waters in coming decades due to climate change

The government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission criticised by MPsGovernment ministers and Britain’s equalities watchdog are failing to save more than a million older workers from discrimination, bias and outdated employment practices, according to a group of MPs.In a highly critical report for the government, the women and Read more

AI and robotics forecast to generate 7.2m jobs, more than will be lost due to automation Artificial intelligence is set to create more than 7m new UK jobs in healthcare, science and education by 2037, more than making up for the jobs lost in manufacturing and other sectors through automation, Read more

‘Showing children their heroes in shows don’t look the same is a huge honour,’ says Time LordThe new star of Doctor Who has said she hopes young girls will be inspired by the BBC’s decision to cast a woman in the title role for the first time in the show’s Read more