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

Argentine President Javier Milei called Covid-19 lockdowns 'one of the most bizarre crimes against humanity'

Citing similar complaints

Following Trump, Argentina quits World Health Organization

The house and farm of John Stacey, which is the site of a proposed new National Grid electricity pylon route

Multibillion pound project

In the English countryside, a pylon war looms

Climate activists hold a protest action during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 12, 2021

Increased warning guaranteed

Top yet contested climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'

Energy firms are sticking to oil and gas despite pressure to transition to renewables

Drop in profits

Oil giants TotalEnergies, Equinor reduce low-carbon investments

Toyota said it aims to start production at its new Shanghai electric vehicle plant after 2027

Aiming for 2027 production start

Toyota announces Lexus EV plant in Shanghai

South Korean climate activist Lee So-yeon has not bought any new clothes for the past six years

No new clothes: S. Korean climate activist targets hyperconsumption

US President Donald Trump and Acting US Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan update the media on Hurricane Dorian preparedness from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, September 4, 2019

Drawing criticism

Trump taps 'Sharpiegate' meteorologist to lead top science agency

A gull flies with offshore oil and gas platform Esther in the distance on January 5, 2025 in Seal Beach, California; President Donald Trump is seeking to un-ban a prohibition on offshore oil drilling put in place by his predecessor Joe Biden

From the Arctic to the Grand Canyon

Trump seeks species protection rollbacks to promote US drilling

US National Snow and Ice Data Center

Arctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January: US data

Young genetically altered pigs walk past a ball in their pens at Revivicor research farm in Blacksburg, Virginia

US greenlights pig kidney transplant trials

Abundant in the earth's crust

Rare earths: strategic metals key to future technologies

The 3.2 million year-old Ethiopian fossil

Named after Beatles song

Prague museum to host first European display of 3.18 million year old Lucy

A week after a road caved in near Tokyo, swallowing a truck and its driver, the sinkhole has grown into a gaping hollow, highlighting the risk posed by Japan's ageing water pipes

Swallowed a truck

Japan's Olympic pool-sized sinkhole highlights risk of old pipes

OpenAI chief Sam Altman is in South Korea for talks with the country's big tech players

Seeking alliances

OpenAI chief Altman signs deal with South Korea's Kakao after DeepSeek upset

An aerial image shows homes damaged and destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 29, 2025.

In fire-ravaged Los Angeles, a long road of rebuilding

Biggest impacts

Silencing science: How Trump is reshaping US health

Norway aims for all new cars sold to be 'zero emission' starting in 2025, which is 10 years ahead of the goal set by the European Union

Almost 96 percent

Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars

A typical starry landscape in the Ardennes.

Fighting light pollution

Where to stargaze in Luxembourg

Two years after the earthquake, Antakya has been transformed into a vast building site

Two years on, construction jungle emerges from Antioch's quake-hit ruins

The Korbous thermal spa is perched on a hill an hour's drive from Tunis

Thalassotherapy

Tunisia sets sights on becoming world's top seawater therapy spot

Rising floodwaters swamp areas around Townsville in northeastern Australia

Widespread rain and storms

Rising floodwaters force evacuations in eastern Australia

Tens of thousands of cranes now spend winter at Lac du Der near Reims in northwest France where rising global temperatures have made the climate more welcoming for migrating birds

Global warming makes French reservoir a winter resort for migrating cranes

Farmers are calling on the UK government to lift a ban on vaccinations of poultry to help stem outbreaks of bird flu

Highly contagious disease

Calls for UK govt to allow bird flu vaccines for poultry

This handout picture provided by NASA shows asteroid 2024 YR4, which scientists say has a slim change of slamming into Earth in late 2032

Watching closely

A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be?

Groundhog Day is a major yearly event in Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Punxsutawney Phil

Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts

The Neoliner Origin, with its massive masts as yet unfurled

Slashing carbon emissions

World's longest cargo sail ship launched in Turkey

The world's largest iceberg has stayed largely intact as it has drifted through the ocean but scientists say a piece 19 kilometres (12 miles) long has now cleaved off

A crumbling Antarctica

First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg

Indonesia has one of the world's highest rates of deforestation

Based on satellite images

Indonesia deforestation rises for third year running: NGO

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