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

Photovoltaic panels are seen on a roof in Feldheim

Deep contradiction?

COP31 host unveils 'electrification' priority for climate talks

Arctic ground squirrels are "natural archivists", the scientist said

Back from the dead?

Woolly mammoth among trove of ancient DNA found in squirrel poo

Police officers search for the bear that has terrified residents of Japan's Utsunomiya city

Japan city relieved as bear caught after roaming streets for days

Samples gathered

What the Moselle reveals about the state of our environment

Australia's Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will preside over the UN climate negotiations at the COP31 summit in Turkey in November.

Anxiety around fuel supplies

'We need to get off fossil fuels': COP31 negotiations chief tells AFP

Moetai Brotherson says he hopes French Polynesia inspires other countries

Amid climate fears

'Our mission as Oceanians': French Polynesia to protect more ocean

Chemotherapie gegen Krebs könnte für manche Patienten künftig auch zuhause möglich sein: Der französische Pharmakonzern Sanofi hat die Zulassung seines Krebsmedikamentes Sarclisa in Form eines mobilen Spritzgeräts angekündigt.

Therapy at home

Sanofi wins EU green light for at-home injectable cancer therapy

In Bonn beginnen an diesem Montag zweiwöchige Verhandlungen auf Fachebene über die Senkung der Treibhausgasemissionen und die internationale Klimafinanzierung. Die Gespräche dienen der Vorbereitung der UN-Klimakonferenz im November in Antalya.

Bonn negotiations to set direction for UN climate summit in Antalya

Malaria cases in Mpumalanga jumped fourfold in January compared with a year earlier

Forcing a rethink of malaria planning

As climate shifts, malaria gains ground in southern Africa

French astronaut Arnaud Prost will fly on the first mission to a commercial space station next year, Vast says

ISS to be deorbited in 2030

Vast astronaut mission kicks off commercial race to replace ISS

Bridging public and private funds

Luxembourg hosts International Climate Finance Days

Two Frenchman -- one a philosopher, the other a legal scholar -- argue that protection of the living world should be discussed in entirely different legal terms

Language part of the problem?

French pair propose new term to define 'environment'

Fiji's environment ministry rejected an Australian billionaire's plan to import and burn waste from the region.

'Waste colonialism'

Fiji rejects Australian billionaire's 'Pacific ashtray' garbage plan

Tasmanian devils can live up to six years in the wild

Escape from wildlife park

Tasmanian devil thwarts Australian search team

A forest near Qargha lake in Paghman district, Kabul province

After wartime deforestation

From poplars to pistachios, Afghans rediscover the value of trees

Bear goes on rampage in Japan, injuring four people

Though he died more than 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman is still surprising scientists

'Very good sourdough'

Scientists find yeast in ancient Iceman's guts -- and make bread

Socialist lawmaker Elie Califer is championing the bill

France lawmakers say state shares blame for West Indies pesticide scandal

French astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Arnaud Prost will spend some time on space stations under the newly announced deal

French astronaut to fly to commercial space station under deal

The exoplanets were observed using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile

Far-away worlds

Exoplanets can have magnetic fields, 'hot Jupiter' winds reveal

When darkness holds back

The June night sky in Luxembourg

Like humans cooling themselves through sweat, trees regulate temperature through a process called transpiration.

Dying of thirst

Trees taking drastic measures to survive climate-driven heat

Paris and other European cities have been sweltering through an unusually early heatwave this week

Record-breaking season

Five things to know about heatwaves in Europe

Sucker punch: In certain conditions, mosquitoes can come come to prefer the taste of DEET

Good news, everyone

Mosquitoes can learn to love common repellent, scientists find

De Luca Mathias vu Meteolux op sengem Büro

Spotting health risks earlier

MeteoLux's new heat warnings now consider humidity and wind

Temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030

The US multinational maker of Post-it and Scotch tape is also being sued in the United States over its use of PFAS

Billion-dollar action

Australia sues consumer goods giant 3M over 'forever chemicals'

Megaron Txucarramae vowed to carry forward his uncle's fight at a gathering of Kayapo leaders in the village of Pykany last week, who had come to see Raoni before he became too ill to attend

'Will continue to support the struggle'

Chief Megaron: heir to the fight for Brazil's Amazon

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