Expert Comment: Cuts to fundamental research will hurt the UK’s leadership in astronomy

Published on January 30, 2026

Chris Lintott, Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford’s Department of Physics, responds to the news that University funding for astronomy and physics research will be cut by almost a third.
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Expert Comment: Computers can help us to do science, but they can’t understand it for us

January 30, 2026
Dr Heloise Stevance, Schmidt AI in Science Fellow in Oxford University’s Physics Department, is a computational astrophysicist developing intelligent recommendation systems for sky surveys. In this article she discusses the ethics of delegating scientific decision making to our computers.

High levels of testosterone in the blood raise risk of coronary artery disease in men

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