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

People remove debris from a building destroyed by a tornado in Louisville, Kentucky

Widespread damage

US storms, 'severe' flooding death toll climbs to 16

This October 17, 2017, image courtesy of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard shows Breakthrough Prize-winning US molecular biologist David Liu, who is at the forefront of pioneering work in gene editing

The scientist rewriting DNA, and the future of medicine

The ice forms in the shape of cones that resemble Buddhist stupas, and act as a storage system -- steadily melting throughout spring when temperatures rise

Artificial glaciers boost water supply in northern Pakistan

Do you hear a voice in your head? Not everyone has an inner monologue, psychologists are discovering

'I don't have a voice in my head': Life with no inner monologue

Brazil's best-known Indigenous leader Chief Raoni Metuktire wants President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to designate more Amazon land as protected Indigenous territory to help prevent deforestation

Lula admits 'still a lot to do' for Indigenous Brazilians

Cuba aims to generate 12 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025 and 37 percent by 2030

Escape reliance on oil

Cuba looks to sun to solve its energy crisis

The IMO holds key talks next week on whether to approve a carbon tax on international shipping

Nations divided ahead of decisive week for shipping emissions

With space for 6,000 people, the Merihaka shelter in central Helsinki houses an underground playground, several ball courts and a gym

Granodiorite bedrock

Finland's colossal bomb shelters a model for jittery Europe

In Thailand's Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, scientists confront the toll that human activity and climate change are having on forests that are supposed to be protected

Drier conditions

'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest

Known locally as zogue-zogue and by scientists as Plecturocebus grovesi, the house cat-sized Groves' Titi monkey is found only in Brazil's Mato Grosso state

Striking creatures

The race to save the Amazon's bushy-bearded monkeys

Scientists perform a necropsy on the baby mammoth, nicknamed Yana

Discovered last year

Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpel

PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', seep into groundwater, surface water and soil

Contamination everywhere

Clamping down on 'forever chemicals'

Agriculture makes up one-fifth of the region's economy

Climate change impact

Crops under threat as surprise March heatwave hits Central Asia: study

Climate contrarians falsely claim a paper written by artificial intelligence chatbot Grok debunks the science on climate change

Warnings against this research

Experts warn 'AI-written' paper is latest spin on climate change denial

Scientists are now hoping that the asteroid will smash into the Moon

Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit Moon

Spider monkeys can hit the widest range of octaves while 'yodelling', easily beating humans

Asking the real questions

Revealed: Why monkeys are better at yodelling than humans

US Environmental Protection Agency contractors remove hazardous waste as they search homes damaged and destroyed by the Eaton Fire in California

Three months on

Remains of 30th victim of Los Angeles fires found

Livestock is a major source of income in the Sahel region

Coveted resource

Livestock theft is central to jihadist economy in west Africa

Australia has just sweltered through its hottest 12 months on record, a period of drenching floods, tropical cyclones and mass coral bleaching

'Sustained global pattern'

Australia sweats through hottest 12 months on record: official data

Since an Ecuadoran miner discovered gold nuggets in a stream at Paso Yobai in the 1990s, the town's fortunes have changed

Angry mate growers

Paraguay gold rush leaves tea producers bitter

China's transition from coal will be key to meeting global climate goals

Despite surge in China, India

New coal capacity hit 20-year low in 2024: report

The World Meteorological Organization retires names of cyclones that are most deadly

Beryl, Helene, Milton

Most deadly 2024 hurricane names retired from use: UN agency

Deutsche Bank's headquarters in Frankfurt. Its asset manager DWS was fined for greenwashing

Deutsche Bank asset manager DWS fined 25 mn euros for 'greenwashing'

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has informed staff the US cuts have left the agency 'no choice' but to reduce its work and workforce

Following US decision

WHO facing $2.5-bn gap even after slashing budget: report

Federal workers wait in line to access to the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building that houses the US Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC

Scientifically contested restructuring

Mass layoffs targeting 10,000 jobs hit US health agencies

The village of Metuktire, home to Brazil's most influential Indigenous leader, Cacique Raoni Metutkire, is the epicenterof a decades-long fight against deforestation in a region devastated by illegal mining and land clearing for agriculture

How a Brazilian chief is staving off Amazon destruction

A Chinese construction company is facing questions over the deadly collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper in a catastrophic earthquake

Facing questions

Chinese developer under scrutiny over Bangkok tower quake collapse

Farmer Shwe Sin had been on a call with her 20-year-old daughter, an accountant at Sky Villa -- among the worst disaster sites in Mandalay -- when the quake struck

Sirens wail and families cry at Myanmar disaster site

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