Tributes paid to Oxford neuroscientist Professor Sir Colin Blakemore
Tributes were also paid by Prof AC Grayling, who called him a "brilliant scientist and a lovely, friendly man", Prof...
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Climate change: UK heading for failure on climate goals – report
The chairman, Lord Deben, told BBC News that recent climate extremes were “very, very worrying”. He continued: “The public should...
One in six UK adults doubt human link to climate change – report
Across the six countries surveyed, older people were more hopeful about our ability to slow climate change, according to the...
Europe told to prepare for Russia turning off gas
Mr Birol said the ongoing gas crisis now justified emergency short-term measures to reduce demand, such as increasing the use...
COP15: UN biodiversity summit moved from China to Canada
COP 15 President, Minister Huang Runqiu said: "China would like to emphasize its continued strong commitment, as COP President, to...
Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity?
There are already around 20,000 desalination plants worldwide, almost all of which are onshore. The majority are located in Saudi...
H5N1: UK taskforce set up to tackle bird flu spread
The consortium brings together microbiologists, epidemiologists, virologists and genomics specialists from APHA, The Pirbright Institute, the Royal Veterinary College, The...
Mountain gorillas: The ripple effect of conservation
"When I first started out there were only about five lodges, now there are as many as 70," says Dr...
Friendly fungi help forests fight climate change
Young Science Writer of the year 2022, Zara Hussan, 14, is from Plashet School, East Ham, London. The ABSW Young...
Congo peat: The ‘lungs of humanity’ which are under threat
Over the last decade, the close-knit team has spent months at a time camping in the remote swamps that border...
Defra Weybridge animal disease lab fighting bird flu needs rebuild – report
The Weybridge site, operated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), is the UK's main animal health laboratory, and...
Dog health: Don’t buy a bulldog until breed is reshaped, vets plead
"We urgently want to see people choosing dogs not just because they like the way they look, which is often...
Climate change: Rising sea levels threaten 200,000 England properties
The study for the first time looks at places where the costs of improving defences may be too high or...
Falklands War: Digging for physical memories on Mt Tumbledown
"Having someone beside me who was actually there, and able to tell me, among many other things, that a cylinder...
Elephant tusk ivory sold on eBay a decade after self-imposed ban
Laws on the ivory trade differ from country to country. On Monday, the UK brought into force what it called...
James Webb Space Telescope hit by tiny meteoroid
"We always knew that Webb would have to weather the space environment, which includes harsh ultraviolet light and charged particles...
China’s plans to go to the Moon, Mars and beyond
By Wanyuan Song and Jana TauschinskiBBC NewsPublished11 hours agoImage source, BBC; Getty Image; NasaThree Chinese astronauts have begun a six-month...
Megalodon shark extinction may have been linked to great white competition
"This is a piece in the puzzle of evidence that there was competition between the modern great white and the...
