Tech & Science Daily asked Simon Lewis, professor of global change science at UCL, about election-2024-live-voting-polls-results-london-sunak-starmer-b1168560.html">the new government’s challenges for tackling the climate crisis, transition to renewable energy and the Tories’ eco report card after 14 years in power. Plus, a Nasa crew is due to leave Mars simulation after 378 days. Richard McCracken, associate professor and lasers expert at Heriot-Watt University, on work to create ‘astrocomb’ helping giant SALT telescope hunt exoplanets.

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