Gene edited sex selection may spare animal suffering
If the father's half of the gene editing molecule was on his Y chromosome, once it combines with the mother's...
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New plan to pay farmers who protect winter soil
The UK nations all have their own farm support plans, but ministers expect the scheme in England - the Sustainable...
2021 hurricane season was third most active
Matthew Rosencrans, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (Noaa) Climate Prediction Center in the US,...
Scientists claim big advance in using DNA to store data
"A single synthesis run for data storage purposes usually takes about 24 hours - which just depends on the length...
Why Mars-bound astronauts may go to Iceland first
Iceland’s rocky, volcanic and icy landscape has many similarities to the other worlds humans may visit in the future.So could...
Rules to create gene-edited farm animals must put welfare first – review
But the animals suffered from several unanticipated health issues, including kidney and liver problems, uncoordinated walking, bulging eyes, gastric ulcers,...
Universities to combat race bias in research
"I know of (black) students who lecturers have come up to and told them 'students like you don't stay, and...
Polluting greenhouse gases being sold online and smuggled to UK
Fin Walravens, a senior campaigner for the Environmental Investigation Agency, which investigates and campaigns against environmental crime, said the illegal...
‘I’ve seen irreversible change but hope too for planet’
His face was flushed and his voice was loud. You're making it all up about global warming, a man shouted...
Red crabs swarm across roads and bridges in Australia
Tens of millions of red crabs have covered roads and bridges on Christmas Island as they undertake their annual migration.The...
COP26: The truth behind the new climate change denial
Fossil fuels have powered vehicles, factories and technology, allowing humans over the past century to make things at a scale...
Russian anti-satellite test adds to worsening problem of space debris
On Monday, Russia carried out the A-Sat test from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800km (500 miles) north of Moscow. The missile...
COP26: China and India must explain themselves, says Sharma
Vice Minister Zhao Yingmin, who headed China's team in Glasgow, said he hoped developed countries could "make further efforts to...
Can California save itself from the flames?
Unprecedented drought and heat, combined with bad land management, have culminated in wildfires of historic proportion in California.Nichoel lost her...
COP26: Flooding lessons from Hull, a city below sea level
Something more needed to be done. Over the course of 10 years after the 2007 flood, "different agencies spent hundreds...
Climate change: How could a 2050 weather forecast look?
The future climate could be determined by the level of emissions in the coming years, so how could a weather...
COP26: US-China climate agreement and fossil fuel spending
Instead of fearing floods, one man has come up with an idea to embrace them by creating sponge cities to...
Climate change: Iran says lift sanctions and we’ll ratify Paris agreement
"If the sanctions are removed, then we have a commitment towards the international community, it is at that time that...
