Research, space, energy and the science behind the tech.https://www.nerdbite.com/en-gbThu, 17 Sep 2026 06:32:15 GMTeditor@nerdbite.com (NerdBite)editor@nerdbite.com (NerdBite)Copyright 2026 NerdBite60https://www.nerdbite.com/30m-people-s-power-fund-launches-but-it-s-councils-and-co-ops/https://www.nerdbite.com/30m-people-s-power-fund-launches-but-it-s-councils-and-co-ops/Great British Energy is opening the first slice of a £1 billion community energy pot, though most of the headline figures are targets rather than guarantees.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:32:15 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/eight-indian-founders-named-among-commonwealth-s-100-young-leaders/https://www.nerdbite.com/eight-indian-founders-named-among-commonwealth-s-100-young-leaders/A British High Commission press release trumpets eight Indian award-winners, but the fine print shows this is recognition, not funding - yet.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:31:59 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/700k-handed-to-flag-fen-dig-as-bronze-age-timbers-rot-in-drying-peat/https://www.nerdbite.com/700k-handed-to-flag-fen-dig-as-bronze-age-timbers-rot-in-drying-peat/The money is real and the wood really is decaying – but this is a rescue excavation, not a discovery announcement, and nobody yet knows what it will find.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:31:44 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/uk-unveils-7-8bn-space-strategy-but-the-small-print-is-mostly/https://www.nerdbite.com/uk-unveils-7-8bn-space-strategy-but-the-small-print-is-mostly/A new government strategy talks up satellite defences and better phone signal on trains, but most of the money is a spending plan through to 2030, not kit that exists yet.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:31:59 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/uk-troops-did-a-fortnight-in-the-arctic-here-s-what-actually-happened/https://www.nerdbite.com/uk-troops-did-a-fortnight-in-the-arctic-here-s-what-actually-happened/The MoD says Royal Marines and RAF personnel just proved NATO can fight in the High North - but strip out the press-release language and it's a routine, if chilly, training exercise.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 06:31:46 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/pm-blocks-more-offenders-from-early-release-but-the-press-release-is/https://www.nerdbite.com/pm-blocks-more-offenders-from-early-release-but-the-press-release-is/Downing Street says manslaughter and historic grooming cases are now excluded from sentencing changes, but there's no bill, no numbers and no date attached to the announcement.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:31:39 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/government-launches-air-pollution-text-alerts-but-you-have-to-ask-for/https://www.nerdbite.com/government-launches-air-pollution-text-alerts-but-you-have-to-ask-for/A new opt-in service will text or email you when air quality turns bad in your area, though nothing changes unless you sign up yourself.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:32:01 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/new-uk-envoy-to-new-zealand-named-but-don-t-expect-it-to-change-your/https://www.nerdbite.com/new-uk-envoy-to-new-zealand-named-but-don-t-expect-it-to-change-your/A fresh diplomatic appointment has landed on GOV.UK - here's what's actually confirmed, and why it's mostly irrelevant to your day-to-day tech life.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:32:09 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/uk-minister-s-cambodia-visit-puts-three-decades-of-landmine-clearance/https://www.nerdbite.com/uk-minister-s-cambodia-visit-puts-three-decades-of-landmine-clearance/A ministerial trip to Cambodia is really a diplomatic photo-op - but the demining operation behind it is a genuine, measurable piece of humanitarian engineering worth separating from the rhetoric.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:31:51 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/uk-and-15-other-governments-tell-firms-don-t-touch-israel-s-e1/https://www.nerdbite.com/uk-and-15-other-governments-tell-firms-don-t-touch-israel-s-e1/A joint statement condemns new construction tenders in the West Bank's E1 zone and warns businesses of 'legal and reputational consequences' - but there's no sanction, ban or enforcement mechanism attached.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:31:54 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/government-promises-to-get-everyone-off-the-streets-by-christmas-here/https://www.nerdbite.com/government-promises-to-get-everyone-off-the-streets-by-christmas-here/A £442 million package and a promise sound big, but the smallprint shows a familiar gap between ambition and delivery.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:31:51 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/semaglutide-dementia-predicted-risk-vs-failed-trial/https://www.nerdbite.com/semaglutide-dementia-predicted-risk-vs-failed-trial/A new analysis of the SELECT trial reports a lower predicted dementia risk on semaglutide. But it measured a blood-protein signature, not actual dementia, and the drug's dedicated Alzheimer's trials found no clinical benefit last November.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:30:00 GMTSam AllcockSciencehttps://www.nerdbite.com/google-amie-video-consultation-research/https://www.nerdbite.com/google-amie-video-consultation-research/AMIE reads visual and audio cues and guides a virtual physical examination. Clinicians rated it well, against simulated patients, in a research setting Google says is not ready for real use.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:30:00 GMTSam AllcockScience