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Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s weekly DeBriefed email newsletter. Subscribe for free here. Fossil fuels out COP28 CUTBACKS: France and the US will back a ban on private financing for new coal power at the COP28 climate…

Credit: Gordon Johnson, Pixabay, 2020. Today marks 164 years since the publication of Charles Darwin’s revolutionary “On the Origin of Species”, one of the most influential scientific books ever written. In acknowledgement, 24 November is known as “Evolution Day” or the quirkier titled “All Our Uncles are Monkeys Day”. As a leading research institute, we…

Why does the giant squid have eyes as large as a football? Why do more than 350 species of fish produce their own electricity? Why do dogs become more optimistic after two weeks of plentiful sniffing? The mysteries and miracles of animal senses are revealed in this year’s winner of the £25,000 Royal Society Trivedi…

But there were some notable shifts among the rest of the top-ranked cities. The other 18 mainland Chinese cities that made the top 50 jumped to a higher ranking compared to last year, while most major cities outside China, including Tokyo, Paris and London, fell. The only exception was Seoul, which rose two spots. The…

SUV ads were pulled in a landmark UK ruling An advert for Toyota’s Hilux SUV has been banned by the UK’s advertising watchdog for promoting driving that disregards its impacts on the environment.  The advert showed dozens of Toyota SUVs driving as a pack through off-road terrain, including rivers. In a first of its kind…

Pain – it’s a universal yet deeply personal experience. From a fleeting headache to relentless chronic pain, its grasp can transform our daily lives. Whether it’s the sudden stiffness in one’s neck after hours of work, the sharp twinge in the back that reminds you of your age, the ache in the joints on a…

As I was finishing graduate school, I became overwhelmed by the seemingly never-ending nature of research, so I decided that I didn’t want to continue to work in a lab. Instead, I wanted to use my scientific knowledge to help manage the research being done by others. That career field is called research administration. After…