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

SpaceX Crew Dragon docked with the International Space Station to reach astronauts that have been stranded for more than nine months

SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS to reach stranded astronauts

Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub has championed the use of carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery

Protecting US policies

Carbon capture industry tweaks message for the Trump era

This handout picture from the Ecuadoran municipality of Esmeraldas shows the effects of the oil spill in the Esmeraldas River

Rationing drinking water

Oil spill in Ecuador river brings emergency declaration

Severe weather damage near Bakersfield, Missouri after a major storm

Further tornadoes forecast

Major storm in central US leaves at least 18 dead

Starship (pictured during a test flight) -- the world's largest and most powerful rocket -- is key to Elon Musk's long-term vision of colonizing Mars

With humanoid robots onboard

Musk says Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026

Official estimates suggest that about a third of all crops in Sri Lanka are eaten or destroyed by wild animals

Nationwide census

Sri Lanka counts nuisance wildlife in bid to protect crops

This screengrab image from NASA's live broadcast shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida bound for the International Space Station

One step closer

Crew launch to ISS paves way for 'stranded' astronauts' return

Floodgates and expansion tanks have been opened to ease the pressure on the Arno, the river that runs through Florence and Pisa

Dozens evacuated in Italy's flood-hit Tuscany

DeepSeek has prompted some experts to advise tech entrepreneurs to make sure they are in position to change which artificial intelligence model they rely on as costs and capabilities evolve rapidly

DeepSeek dims shine of AI stars

More than 400 Olympic athletes have called on the new IOC president to focus on the environment

Ahead of election

Hundreds of Olympians call on IOC candidates to make climate top priority

Feel better? Just looking at digital pictures of nature can help relieve pain, according to new research

Just looking at images of nature can relieve pain, study finds

Britain's Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband is heading to China to drum up support for climate commitments

First Beijing visit since 2017

UK energy minister heads to China to talk climate

Red pandas are sought-after as exotic pets, while their copper-coloured hides are prized for their supposed medicinal qualities and aesthetic value

Vulnerable species

Nepal community efforts revive red panda population

The ocean covers most of the Earth's surface but is far less explored and understood than most above-water parts of our planet

Uncovering secrets and more

From oil spills to new species: how tech reveals the ocean

Australia's Wombat Protection Society accused an influencer of mishandling a baby marsupial for social media likes

American influencer

Australians welcome departure of baby wombat grabber

Researchers and environmentalists have long warned deep sea mining risks destroying habitats and species that are little understood

Risks for the natural habitats

Take 'precautionary approach' on deep-sea mining: top official tells AFP

Over a recent three-decade period, from 1993 to 2023, average sea levels around the globe have risen by some four inches (10 cm) in total, according to NASA

Earth's hottest year on record

Sea levels rise by 'unexpected' amount in 2024: NASA

Rick Spinrad, an oceanographer turned government official, capped his career as director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Biden administration

Waves of layoffs

Ex-NOAA chief: Trump firings put lives, jobs, and science in jeopardy

Part of the Guadiana river dried up in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura in August 2022

Due to global warming

Spain to face increasingly 'severe' droughts: report

A scientist said eastern Greenland was a hotspot of contamination because polar bears and ringed seals could be eaten there

Long-term health issues

Diet puts Greenland Inuit at risk from 'forever chemicals': study

The avalanche of toxic mud engulfed the village of Bento Rodrigues

Australian mining giant

Brazil mine disaster trial ends with claimants hopeful of justice

The small, lumpy moon Deimos pictured in front of Mars in an image taken by Europe's HERA probe

Historic collision

Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon

Crew-9 is expected to depart the ISS on March 16, carrying Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Suni Williams and Aleksandr Gorbunov

Slated for Wednesday launch

More wait for stranded astronauts after replacement crew delayed

Vets have been waiting to observe how Boki would wake up to gauge the success of the surgery

'Remarkable' recovery

First brown bear to have brain surgery emerges from hibernation

Understanding the seabed is crucial for laying undersea cables, calculating tsunami paths and projecting sea level rises

Less mapped than the Moon: quest to reveal the seabed

Rich nations agreed at the UN COP29 summit in November 2024 to provide $300 billion a year in climate finance for poorer countries by 2035

'Worrying trends'

Doubts over climate funding as donors squeeze aid

Australia's Wombat Protection Society accused an influencer of mishandling a baby marsupial for social media likes

Joey mishandled

Australia tells US influencer: 'leave baby wombat alone'

Environmentalists warn seabed mining risks destroying habitats and species that are little understood

Divisive practice

'Sound science' must guide deep-sea mining: top official

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