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Queer icons throughout history to celebrate this Pride Month

Here are 7 LGBT+ icons throughout history that you should know about.

The Independent UK

Geoff Wain obituary

Other lives: Educationist and teacher trainer whose enthusiasm for popularising mathematics led to the opening of the first maths discovery centre in the UK

The Guardian - UK

'Science Has No Passport': Europe Woos US Researchers with Record Grants Amid Trump Crackdown

EU President Ursula von der Leyen urges US scientists to 'Choose Europe' amid Trump-era funding cuts, unveiling a £423m plan to safeguard research freedom and attract top global talent.

International Business Times UK

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Who is Pope Leo XIV? Robert Prevost becomes 267th pontiff and first from the United States

Robert Francis Prevost was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023 and was responsible for vetting nominations for bishops around the world

Evening Standard

Mark Dreyfus and Ed Husic to be dumped from Labor cabinet – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

‘I missed talking math with people’: why John Urschel left the NFL for MIT

The former Baltimore Ravens guard had a lucrative career in professional football. But he chose to concentrate on his first love in academia

The Guardian - US

‘Scientific asylum’: How Europe is luring US researchers amid Trump fears

The EU is expected to lure US researchers looking to relocate in the wake of Trump’s attacks on universities.

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Europe launches drive for scientists in swipe at Trump’s funding freeze

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: ‘We can all agree that science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party’

The Independent UK

France hosts summit to lure scientists threatened by US budget cuts

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced major funding packages at a conference in Paris on Monday, as Europe seeks to attract US researchers ready to relocate because of President Donald Trump's policies and funding cuts.

Radio France Internationale

UK wins £500m in science grants from EU Horizon scheme after Brexit lockout

Exclusive: British scientists ‘over the moon’ with re-entry to funding scheme after losing out for three years

The Guardian - UK

John Hallett obituary

Other lives: Educationist whose career at Trent Polytechnic was informed by his time teaching in west Africa

The Guardian - UK

$50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to Indian carbon-capture company

An Indian company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has won the $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Musk’s foundation

The Independent UK

Grassroots activists who took on corruption and corporate power share 2025 Goldman prize

Seven winners of environmental prize include Amazonian river campaigner and Tunisian who fought against organised waste trafficking

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’

Aix-Marseille University generates interest amid a US crackdown and calls for a ‘scientific refugee’ status

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - AU

Australia to woo US’s ‘smartest minds’ disfranchised by Trump research cuts

New talent program aims to attract academics fleeing US as administration slashes higher education funding

The Guardian - UK

Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage

Presenting an award at the Breakthrough prize ceremony, the actor and writer allegedly accused the president of destroying American science

The Independent UK

South Africa reopens inquest into apartheid-era death of Nobel winner Luthuli, 58 years later

South African prosecutors have reopened an inquest into the apartheid-era death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli

Space

Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female crew includes pop star Katy Perry.

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The Guardian - US

Trump administration cuts $4m to Princeton’s climate research funding

White House claims university’s work exposed students to ‘climate anxiety’ and ‘exaggerated climate threats’

The Guardian - UK

Biologist whose innovation saved the life of British teenager wins $3m Breakthrough prize

Prof David Liu is among the winners of 2025’s ‘Oscars of science’, with honours also going to researchers for landmark work on multiple sclerosis, particle physics and ‘skinny jabs’

Evening Standard

Prince William hails ‘fresh momentum for new ideas’ and reveals Earthshot Prize will be in Brazil this year

The environmental awards will take place in Rio de Janeiro in November

The Independent UK

William hails ‘fresh momentum for new ideas’ and names Earthshot Prize location

The Prince of Wales’ annual environmental awards will take place in Rio de Janeiro in November.

The Conversation

Free open access needs to be the norm for Canadian research

Public access to research generates new ideas, informs policy decisions and fuels innovation and technological development. Open access to knowledge helps address social issues, enhance democracy and reduce inequality.

The Guardian - AU

Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn

Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics say

The Guardian - UK

European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts

Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruited

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