Annie Jacobsen is the author of “Biological War: A Scenario.” Biological warfare is illegal. Biological weapons have been illegal since the Biological Weapons Convention took effect in 1975. The ...

PM argues for codified model of decentralisation that would fundamentally change centuries-old workings of state Andy Burnham has said his programme of devolution strengthens the case for a written ...

THE debate over Islamabad’s reluctance to fully let go of devolved subjects has been running since 2010. But it has made little difference to the governments that have come and gone in the meantime.

No 10 North will take over responsibilities for local economic growth and devolution strategy from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. The new body will also take local economic ...

Rabbi Jeff Newman, David Williams and Tom Carr respond to an editorial on the new prime minister’s plans to decentralise power Your editorial (22 July) rightly identifies the structural paradox at the ...

The new PM will have to empower senior officials delivering devolution to tame Sir Humphrey, writes the associate dean, School of Public Policy, at the LSE. Andy Burnham has made it clear that ...

FAMILIES could one day get some of their tax money back under Andy Burnham’s devolution shake-up. The PM is expected to unveil plans tomorrow to hand England‘s regional mayors more control over the ...

Andy Burnham said he would give mayors in England a share of the income tax generated in their regions as part of the new UK prime minister’s drive to move political and economic power out of ...

Four presidents have been inaugurated there, three legislatures sat there, and today, it houses the artistic heritage of the nation. It was built as an act of native defiance, and its inauguration was ...

Cell biology is the discipline of biological sciences that studies the structure, physiology, growth, reproduction and death of cells. Research in cell biology uses microscopic and molecular tools and ...

In “Biological War,” Annie Jacobsen imagines society collapsing from a man-made plague—part of a wave of such prophecies. But what do we miss when we try to predict the future?