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So far, around 2,000 have made the switch to microbial solutions -- a fraction of the province's 100,000 rice farmers, but a start

Thai farmers pin hopes on microbes to end annual burning crisis

New research has cast doubt on Alzheimer's drugs once hailed as a gamechanger

Some experts criticise the research

Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs do not help patients, review finds

President Claudia Sheinbaum is seeking to potentially expand the controversial practice of fracking in Mexico

To reduce dependence on US fossil fuels

Mexican farmers raise alarm over Sheinbaum's fracking proposal

A critically endangered Bornean orangutan holds her newborn at Madrid Zoo Aquarium after the infant's birth on April 2

Life finds a way

Critically endangered orangutan born at Madrid zoo

Amid Russian attacks

Greenpeace warns of potential 'catastrophic' Chernobyl collapse

NASA's SLS rocket carried four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, taking off on April 1, 2026 from Florida

Not about flags

Artemis II and the real reasons we’re racing back to the Moon

The fish doorbell has proved very popular

Eel world problems: Dutch webcam 'doorbell' helps fish

Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is one of the world's most active volcanoes

Spectacular footage

Hawai’i volcano Kilauea erupts in eye-catching fiery display

The beginning of a solar eclipse with the Sun setting on the opposite side of the Moon, photographed by the Artemis II crew on April 6, 2026, courtesy of NASA

Radiation dangers

Artemis astronauts to shed light on space health risks

Over half of the world's oceans will change colour if sea surface temperatures continue rising

EU monitor confirms

Ocean temperatures near record high in March

Chief Minister of West Bengal and Chairperson of All India Trinamool Congress, Mamata Banerjee, greets supporters as she arrives to file her nomination papers on April 8

More than just food

Fish furore fuels fierce election in India's West Bengal

Emperor penguins have become symbolic of the quest to survive in Antarctica's harsh climes

Due to climate change

Emperor penguins listed as endangered species: IUCN

Ziel mir keng! – Science check

Five common statistical mistakes

NASA photograph showing the lunar eclipse witnessed by Artemis astronauts during their flight around the moon on April 6, 2026

Lunar flyby mission

'Pinprick of light': Artemis crew witnesses meteorite impacts on Moon

Luxembourg offers up to €300 to remove Asian hornet nests

A view of the Moon taken from NASA's Artemis 2 mission on April 3, 2026

'Magical instrument'

Artemis astronauts to study the Moon's surface using mainly their eyes

Floods have hit multiple areas of Afghanistan, including western Herat

Particularly exposed to extreme weather

Rain, storms kill 121 in Afghanistan and Pakistan in two weeks

De Marc Fiedler am Wéngert

Known since the Romans

The Moselle: A landscape of extraordinary diversity

This NASA handout picture taken by Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman shows Earth as seen from the Orion spacecraft as it travels toward the Moon

NASA lunar mission

Artemis astronauts more than halfway to Moon, putting Earth in rearview

After a flurry of high-stakes activity including a dramatic blast-off and a major engine firing that catapulted the astronauts on their trajetory to circle the Moon, the astronats were able to catch their breath

NASA's Artemis 2

58 tortillas, five hot sauces and one toilet: life aboard spacecraft Orion

A hillside wildfire is seen from a road in Chiang Mai which is seeing haze that even hardened locals say is exceptional

'It's suffocating'

Blood clots, burning eyes: pollution chokes north Thailand

The seafront promenade at Montgat beach north of Barcelona on February 26, 2026

Swathes of Spanish coast wiped out each winter

Spain rethinks how to turn tide against beach erosion

Engineers in the city of Fukuoka and their private partners have opened what is only the world's second osmotic power plant

Renewable energy

Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis

Ziel mir keng! – Science check

What is autism, and is the number of diagnosed cases increasing?

The new amphibian species, with the scientific name Gastrotheca mittaliiti, measures 2.7 to 3.3 centimetres (1 to 1.3 inches)

'Many species still waiting to be discovered'

New frog species carrying eggs on back discovered in Peru

The night sky over Boulaide, Luxembourg.

Shorter but deeper nights

The April night sky in Luxembourg

Offering new hope

Luxembourg neurologist wins European prize for Alzheimer’s research

From nearly 13 million tons in 2014, the biomass of spawning-age mackerel has plummeted to less than 3 million tons in 2025

Reversed course

EU ups mackerel quotas to match UK despite overfishing concerns

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