Woolly rhino from Ice Age unearthed in Russian Arctic
"A small nasal horn has also been preserved - this is a rarity, since it decomposes rather quickly," Ms Plotnikov,...
Month: December 2020
4 Ways to Make Your Home Smart and More Energy Efficient
The Lenovo Wi-Fi Smart Plug is also an affordable little gadget that tells you how much energy things are using....
Green body gives verdict on Boris Johnson carbon-cutting policies
"Building on the prime minister's ambitious ten point plan, the recently published energy White Paper provides concrete measures to fully...
Space images: The best of 2020
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Covid: Student nurse who nearly died returns to work
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Atlantic discovery: 12 new species ‘hiding in the deep’
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Climate change: Extreme weather causes huge losses in 2020
Against a backdrop of climate change, its .css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:link{color:#3F3F42;}.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:link,.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:visited{font-weight:700;border-bottom:1px solid #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:visited:focus{border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:2px;color:#B80000;}@supports (text-underline-offset:0.25em){.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:link,.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:visited{border-bottom:none;-webkit-text-decoration:underline #BABABA;text-decoration:underline #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;-webkit-text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-underline-offset:0.25em;}.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink:visited:focus{-webkit-text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:2px;text-decoration-thickness:2px;color:#B80000;}}study lists 10 events that saw thousands of...
How Ugandan Nasa scientist Catherine Nakalembe uses satellites to boost farming
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Coronavirus: What has Covid done for climate crisis?
When Covid-19 sparked lockdowns around the world, emissions of one of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, atmospheric carbon...
Astronaut Scott Kelly: How to survive a year in space
The toughest things, he says, are not being able to go outside and experience nature, as well as the formidable...
Coronavirus: Fresh air ‘forgotten weapon’ in fight
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Nasa’s Mars rover and the ‘seven minutes of terror’
.css-13k1mrq-PromoHeadline{font-family:ReithSerif,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:500;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.25rem;color:#3F3F42;}@media (min-width:37.5rem){.css-13k1mrq-PromoHeadline{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.375rem;}}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Dutch government quits over welfare fraud scandalMark Rutte's cabinet resigns after families were wrongly accused and many faced financial...
Apple Fitness+ Is Either Right on Time or Much Too Late
Welcome to Apple World. That’s what launching an Apple Fitness+ workout is like, stepping into a world of wood-paneled walls,...
SLS: Crucial test for Nasa’s ‘mega-rocket’
It is all designed to mimic as closely as possible what would happen in the hours prior to a real...
Climate change: 2021 will be cooler but still in top six warmest
"The global temperature for 2021 is unlikely to be a record year due to the influence of the current La...
Japan snowstorm: ‘I had to eat snow’
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Wildfire smoke may spread infectious disease
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Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past
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