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

Shaping 'humanity's destiny'

Inner workings of AI an enigma - even to its creators

The ceremony comes as the world marked near-record high global temperatures in April, according to the EU's climate monitor

Nepal holds tribute for disappearing glacier

Each spring, experts of the Glacier Monitoring Switzerland group measure snow cover on several glaciers, including the Rhone

Snow cover of Swiss glaciers below average this year: study

Copenhagen will offer rebates at tourist sites to visitors who use bikes and pick up trash

'Free bike rentals'

Copenhagen to offer giveaways to eco-friendly tourists

A volunteer constructs a natural flood management feature on the Saffron Brook in Leicester

'Urgent problem'

UK towns harness nature to combat rising flood risk

A 'solid refrigerant' used by Barocal at their headquarters in Cambridge

Hopes to launch product within three years

UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases

As more people want to stay cool in a planet that is steadily heating up, energy experts point to water-based system as a good alternative

Good alternative to air conditioning

As world heats up, UN cools itself the cool way: with water

A record 14 million AC units were sold in India last year, with a ninefold increase in residential ownership forecast by mid-century

World's fastest-growing AC market

Indians buy 14 million ACs a year, and need many more

The idea that ape drumming might hold clues to the origins of human musicality has long fascinated scientists

Different styles

Jungle music: Chimp drumming reveals building blocks of human rhythm

The tree at Sycamore Gap had stood for nearly 200 years in northern England

'Deliberate and mindless'

Two men found guilty of chopping down iconic UK tree

Joyce Lokonyi was victim to mycetoma, which gradually erodes tissue, muscles and bone

Mycetoma infection

Rare bone-eroding disease ruining lives in Kenya's poorest county

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is one of several US climate agencies facing steep funding cuts by President Donald Trump's administration

Long-running database

US climate agency stops tracking costly natural disasters

Elks went exctinct from the UK around 3,000 years ago

'Shaping diverse habitats'

Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years as plan wins funding

Members of the Bern Convention agreed in December 2024 to lower the wolf's status from 'strictly protected' to 'protected'

Landmark change

Wolf protection downgrade gets green light in EU

With consumers purchasing fewer electric cars than hoped automakers faced the prospect of stiff EU fines

Given green light

EU parliament backs emissions reprieve for carmakers

Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt conceded the loss of his own parliamentary seat, blaming a flood of votes that swept to the triumphant Labor Party.

Australian Greens chief loses his own seat

A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck

Critically endangered

What the shell: scientists marvel as NZ snail lays egg from neck

Researchers say there is a direct link between ultra-high net worth individuals and the climate

World's richest 10% caused two thirds of global warming: study

Seppe Lodewijckx, Lornoy David and Duh Hung Nguyen were charged for trying to smuggle ants

Kenya court fines teens for trying to smuggle protected ants

Hong Kong passed a law making it easier to create new land through reclamation in the city's famed Victoria Harbour despite objections from environmental activists

Victoria Harbour

Hong Kong loosens rules for harbour reclamation

Orsted posed lower-than-expected sales in the first quarter

'Adverse developments'

Danish firm Orsted halts huge UK offshore wind farm project

Methane leaks from energy production, transportation infrastructures -- such as gas pipelines -- and from deliberate releases during maintenance

International Energy Agency

World energy methane emissions near record high in 2024: IEA

US President Donald Trump (L) and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth are seeking to bar transgender troops from serving in the military

Over 4,000 cases

Top US court allows Trump's ban on trans troops to take effect

An Indian paramilitary personnel stands guard in Srinagar

Indian PM vows to stop waters key to rival Pakistan

Federal authorities will allow more rockets to be launched from the SpaceX launchpad on Boca Chica Beach in Brownsville, Texas

Up to 25 a year

SpaceX gets US approval to launch more Starship flights from Texas

David Klassen, one of the founders of the Mennonite community at Masisea in the Peruvian Amazon, poses for a picture with his family

'Forest termites'

Mennonite communities raise hackles in Peruvian Amazon

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks alongside (L-R) Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary, Director of the National Institutes of Health Jayanta Bhattachary, President Donald Trump

Gain-of-function experiments

Trump orders curb on virus research he blames for Covid pandemic

Environmental groups worry the idea could be brought low by the many scandals that have hit carbon credit markets

'Nature credits'

Pricing birdsong: EU mulls nature credits to help biodiversity

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