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Coverage of scientific research and breakthroughs, environmental issues, and health.

Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra

Regional pollution crisis

In Malaysia, frustration grows over Indonesia haze

UN chief Antonio Guterres says the world must redouble efforts to meet its nature pledges.

Falling short of biodiversity commitments

UN chief urges nations to end 'war on nature'

Shell's Brazil subsidiary was sued by independent federal prosecutors and an NGO over its alleged responsbility for devastating 2024 floods in Brazil

A look at the details

Why is Shell facing lawsuits over climate disasters in Brazil and the Philippines?

A new lab study by scientists at Stanford University finds that simply placing healthy, colorful coral in contact with their bleached counterparts is enough to bring the dying ones back from the brink

'Helping hands'

Healthy corals help bleached neighbors regain color: study

D'Nordliichter e Samschdegowend vum Rébierg a Richtung Kooler.

Colourful night skies

Northern lights unlikely to return to Luxembourg soon

Conceptual illustration of Saturn and the icy particles that make up its rings.

Secrets in the ice

What Saturn’s rings are hiding

FIRST Global Challenge

Luxembourg students win historic silver at robotics 'Olympics' in South Korea

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai solved a century-old chemical mystery

French-Japanese duo wins chemistry Nobel for solving molecular 'mystery'

This undated handout photograph released by The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on 11 July 2019 shows Margaret Hamilton, a member of Draper Laboratory Staff at work during the Apollo missions.

'Computing pioneer'

Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA's Apollo program, dead at 90

Renewables are growing but fossil fuels are still the dominant source of energy

Tempered expectations

Fossil fuels off COP31 agenda as global output keeps rising

Green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to 'least concern' in global conservation rankings

Wildlife preservation

As species decline, green turtles offer glimmer of hope

The chinstrap penguin population of a volcanic island near Antarctica has fallen by two thirds.

Two-thirds decimated

Climate change strips island's title of largest penguin colony: study

Japanese Nobel laureate Kenso Soai spoke to reporters in Tokyo

Series of advances

From 1800s to modern pharma: a Nobel-winning chemistry quest

Francis Halzen said AI helped researchers 'see the Milky Way' in their data on neutrinos

Dispruptive technology

Nobel physics winner's pride at pioneering AI role

The Swedish academy commended Francis Halzen's work on high-energy neutrinos

Belgian physicist

Nobel physics prize hails 'ghostly messengers' from space

Neutrinos generate blue light that can be observed in ice, the Nobel committee explained

Won Nobel physics prize

Neutrinos: space particles that change our view of universe

The COP31 climate summit is being held in the Turkish city of Antalya in November.

Major progress not expected

COP31 eyes modest steps as climate disasters multiply

The Nobel committee announced the winners in Stockholm

Pioneering work

US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for illuminating the brain

Germany sets new record

Share of electric cars in new registrations rises to 34.5%

The heavy storms and floods washed away trees and vehicles

Storms, flooding cause chaos on Greek holiday island of Crete

Sand berms have been built along beaches in Southern California in anticipation of storms hitting the area

By as much as a foot

Sea levels to rise in California as coastal wave surges up west coast

The Canadair CL415s are high-wing twin-engine turboprop water bombers amphibious aircraft, with a range of 2,427 km, a maximum speed of 376 km/h and a capacity of 6,137 liters of water.

Amphibious aircraft

Italy's firefighting planes return home after scorching summer

Bogong moths carpet the wall of an alpine cave in Australia, after completing an annual migration to beat the summer heat

Migratory spectacle

Return of swarming moth spectacle has Australia in a flutter

Artist's impression of Saturn and its rings.

Stargazing Guide: The Season of Saturn

The October night sky in Luxembourg

Members of the fishing community tying seagrass shoots onto jute twines for restoration work to protect Kariyachalli Island, off the coast of Thoothukudi in India's Tamil Nadu state

Kariyachalli island

India turns to corals and seagrass to shield against rising seas

Ziel mir keng! Science Check

How dangerous is alcohol?

Locals on the island of Principe are paid a financial dividend to preserve its natural beauty

Luxury tourism business

Cash for nature protection: hotelier's offer to Principe islanders

Swami Prem Parivartan, better known as "Peepal Baba" or "tree father", and his teams became one of India's largest grassroots planting movements

Nearly half-century mission

India's 'Tree Father' plants for a greener future

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