Lord Rees News Today

"Dealing with climate change on Earth is a doddle compared to making Mars habitable."

Government funded space travel should involve the use of robots rather than astronauts says UK's Astronomer Royal

Elon Musk is harbouring a “dangerous illusion” that a colony can be established on Mars, the Astronomer Royal has warned.

Prof Lord Martin Rees suggests it is easier to solve climate change on Earth than escape to another planet

<strong>Other lives</strong>: Former director-general of the Commonwealth Institute and executive secretary of the Royal Society under four presidents

A “deranged loner” could easily unleash a pandemic on the world with a homemade lab and off-the-shelf equipment, one of Britain’s most eminent scientists has warned.

Lord Rees, the Astronomer Royal, said rogue individuals with the necessary expertise were a ‘looming danger’ and ‘the stuff of nightmares’

Buckingham Palace thought it worth clarifying this week that another eminent member of the royal household “does not believe homeopathy can cure cancer”

Lord Martin Rees, UK's Astronomer Royal, has said Artificial Intelligence is a form of alien life - and that it signals humans reaching the peak of Darwinian evolution

Experts in science and technology are teaming up with head teachers and examiners across the country in an effort to police and manage the use of artificial intelligence in schools.AI in Education is a not-for-profit, independent body that aims to mitigate the risks that AI brings to education, such