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

China ended its strict 'one-child policy', imposed in the 1980s amid overpopulation fears, in 2016 and started letting couples have three children in 2021

Downward streak

China says population fell for third year in a row in 2024

In this handout image courtesy of Greg Blee, debris from the SpaceX Starship is seen in the sky near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos on January 16, 2025

Mishap investigation

US grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery mid-air explosion

In this screen grab taken from the SpaceX broadcast the Starship's Super Heavy Booster is being grappled mid-air as it returns to the launch pad at Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on January 16, 2025

Mishap investigation

US grounds SpaceX's Starship rocket pending probe

A figure of Homo erectus, whose ruggedness and capabilities may have been going underestimated

Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study

Bluetongue virus is particularly deadly for sheep

Got the thumbs up

EU watchdog approves new vaccines against bluetongue

A record rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 2024 was driven in part by a weakening of Earth's nature carbon stores like forests

Satellite measurements

2024 saw fastest-ever annual rise in CO2 levels: UK weather service

Canada saw record wildfires in 2023

Extreme fire: 'unprecedented risk' poorly understood

In all, 67 people in the United States have been infected with avian influenza since the outbreak began last year

Biden's outgoing administration

US announces new funds for mRNA vaccines, fast tracks bird flu tests

In this screen grab taken from the SpaceX broadcast the Starship's Super Heavy Booster is grappled mid-air as it returns to the launch pad at Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on January 16, 2025

Race for the spotlight

SpaceX catches Starship booster again, but upper stage explodes

A house left unscathed by the Palisades Fire has been split in two by a landslide, as officials warn hillsides have been detabilised by the ferocious fire and the water used to put it out

Tens of thousands affected

Los Angeles fire evacuees told no return for at least a week

Private firefighters stand watch at property opwned by billionaire developer Rick Caruso

Private firefighters highlight wealth divide in ruined Los Angeles

The report, providing a view of the homeowners insurance market, comes as a climate-related crisis unfolds in Los Angeles

Treasury Department report

Insurance access for US homeowners with higher climate risks declines

The United States was hit by another winter storm earlier in January

Coldest in 40 years

US braces for freezing weather fueled by polar vortex

A forest fire is seen in the mountains of Epuyen, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina on January 16, 2025

Fueled by heatwave

Hundreds of homes evacuated as Patagonia fires grow in Argentina

Some environmental groups have voiced concerns over Lee Zeldin's nomination to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency

Trump pick for environment says climate change is 'real'

Mercedes CEO Ola Kallenius warned a 'trade conflict' with the United States 'would be significantly economically harmful to the EU'

Avoid at all cost

European carmakers warn against EU-US trade war

A fifth of Nepal is designated as protected areas, where infrastructure projects that could damage the environment are barred

Controversial laws

Nepal's top court bars infrastructure in protected areas

Wildfires have inflicted unprecedented destruction on Los Angeles, America's second largest city

Trauma and tragedy in the City of Angels: covering the LA fires

Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket for the first time early Thursday

Inaugural mission

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket blasts into orbit for first time

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company said its net profit for the three months to December jumped 57 percent on-year

Chipmaking giant

Taiwan's TSMC says net profit rose 57% in fourth quarter

The satellites were blasted off in December on a single rocket from the India's Sriharikota launch site

India achieves 'historic' space docking mission

Diagnosing obesity should move beyond measuring body mass index (BMI), the experts recommended

Is obesity a disease?

Sometimes but not always, experts decide

Tests strips, used to detect the presence of fentanyl and xylazine in different kinds of drugs, such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin

High-strength animal sedative

UK government bans 'zombie drug' xylazine

The Durotriges tribe occupied England's southern central coastal region between 100 BC and AD 100, giving Dorset its name

Confirming Roman historian accounts

Society centred around women in UK during Iron Age: scientists

Large areas are in ruins after huge fires ripped through parts of Los Angeles

Blazes continue

Fire-wrecked Los Angeles gets a break as winds drop

Space enthusiasts will be eager to see if SpaceX can replicate the feat of catching the first-stage Super Heavy booster in the launch tower's 'chopstick' arms during descent

Prototype under pressure

SpaceX delays latest Starship megarocket test to Thursday

Chris Wright is a founder of Liberty Energy, which serves the energy companies that have massively increased US fossil fuel production in recent years through fracking

Fracking magnate

Trump's Energy Dept pick wants to develop renewables... and fossil fuels

The Nord Stream pipeline explosions in 2022 caused large amounts of methane gas to bubble to the surface of the Baltic Sea

Largest recorded

Methane leaks from Nord Stream pipeline blasts revised up: studies

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