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

Demonstrators take part in a Stand Up For Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington

Internal witch hunt

Scientists rally in US cities to protest Trump cuts

US President Donald Trump listens to White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks speak during a White House Crypto Summit

'Strategic Bitcoin Reserve'

From critic to investor: Trump welcomes crypto leaders to White House

Before weakening into a tropical low, Cyclone Alfred battered Nobby’s Beach on the Gold Coast of eastern Australia.

Cyclone Alfred downgraded to tropical low as it nears Australia

The vast Arctic island is full of promise for mineral wealth but has proven difficult to exploit.

Logistical challenges

Greenland's mining bonanza still a distant promise

Climate protests

UK court cuts longest jail terms on activists, rejects 10 appeals

Wolves in most of Europe are less protected from today

New conservation regulations

Protections drop for wolves in most of Europe

Scientists said women and girls were most affected by the changes in temperature

40 degrees in February

S.Sudan heatwave 'more likely' due to climate change: study

This image courtesy of Intuitive Machines LLC shows the company's Athena spacecraft on its side after landing on the Moon, on March 6, 2025

Disappointing outcome

US company says Moon mission over after landing sideways again

Breaking barriers

The women who revolutionised astronomy

An aerial picture shows a flooded residential area after some rivers overflowed following heavy rain in Bekasi, a suburb of Jakarta, on March 5, 2025

Three dead, five missing in Indonesia floods and landslides

Aquila the golden eagle is freed following its rehabilitation by volunteers of Tunisia's Wildlife Association

Following rehabilitation

Golden eagle soars again after rescue in Tunisia

Global interest in the nuclear sector is at its highest since the oil crises in the 1970s, according to the International Energy Agency

Renewable energy leader

Spain under pressure to abort nuclear energy phase-out

The fire had raged in the mountains around Japan's northern city of Ofunato for over a week

Country's worst blaze

Japan wildfire evacution orders partially lifted

Labrador Retriever dogs wait in the judging ring on the final day of the Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham

Man's best friend

Chunky canines: Study reveals dog obesity gene shared by humans

The world's biggest and most powerful launch vehicle blasted off from SpaceX's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas

Musk's SpaceX faces new Starship setback

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander in circular orbit around the Moon

Cutting-edge payloads

Deja vu on the Moon: Private US spaceship again lands awkwardly

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launched on its first commercial mission from French Guiana

European rocket successfully carries out first commercial mission

Saul Luciano Lliuya wants RWE to pay about 17,000 euros ($18,400) towards flood defences for his community in Peru's northern Ancash region

Climate change damage

Peru farmer confident ahead of German court battle with energy giant

South Africa generates most of its electricity through coal

Clean energy transition

South Africa, Indonesia say US withdrawing from climate finance deal

A Philippine provincial government has voted in favour of a 50-year ban on new mining permits

Philippines' Palawan approves 50-year ban on new mining permits

The wildfire burnt about 2,900 hectares, around half the size of Manhattan

Rain checks spread of Japan wildfire

The Arctic has seen record monthly lows since December

European climate monitor

Global sea ice cover hits record low in February as world continues hot streak

'Erratic' Tropical Cyclone Alfred brought drenching rain and huge surf to the eastern coast of Australia

Four million affected

'Erratic' cyclone creeps towards eastern Australia

After investigating the death of a person who took a Garcinia-based supplement, French food safety agency ANSES 'strongly advises' people against consuming the plant

Lack of scientific evidence

France warns against weight loss supplements using Garcinia plant

El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish -- a result of decades of gold mining nearby

Decade-old problem

In El Salvador, a river without fish feeds fear of mining

People view SpaceX Starship Flight 8 as it is stationed near Orbital Launch Pad A ahead of launch at Boca Chica beach in Texas on March 3, 2025

Amid 'mishap investigation'

SpaceX aims for Thursday Starship test flight

A reconstruction of the famous Austrolopithecus afarensis Lucy. Which hominin made the bone tools at Olduvai Gorge remains a mystery

New study on old tools

Human ancestors making 'bone tech' 1.5 million years ago, say scientists

Official estimates suggest that about a third of all crops in Sri Lanka are eaten or destroyed by wild animals

Nationwide census

Monkey business: Sri Lanka to count crop-raiding nuisance wildlife

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