PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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A new funding agency for science claims it will be tolerant of failure – but the signs are that it aims only to replicate existing venture capitalism, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
CUTTING EDGE: Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) which can perform laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without human help
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
LAST month the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) announced the appointment of a new CEO, in line with its intention to launch around the end of this year.
Aria is a new funding agency modelled on venture capital funding for high-risk “moonshot” research that will sit alongside, although independent of the umbrella British research funding agency UK Research and Innovation.
The new CEO, Ilan Gur, has a background in venture capital.
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