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

Ice cutters turn out up to 2,700 blocks a day from the frozen Songhua River

Seasonal occupation

Warmer winter melts incomes of China's ice cutters

Companies like Space One want to offer cheaper and more frequent space exploration opportunities than governments

Japanese startup's space rocket launch fails

US astronauts Suni Williams (L) and Butch Wilmore took off aboard Boeing's Starliner in June 2024 for what was meant to be an eight-day mission -- they now will not return until spring 2025

NASA again delays return of astronauts stranded on space station

Towana Looney, 53, who received a gene-edited pig kidney, undergoes medical testing at NYU Langone Health on December 11, 2024 in New York

Unconventional operation

'Blessed': US woman sees second chance in life after pig kidney transplant

Finally released

Whaling activist Watson freed after Denmark rejects extradition

Young genetically altered pigs walk past a ball in their pens at the Revivicor research farm in Blacksburg, Virginia on November 20, 2024

A US farm breeds pigs for human kidney transplants

Molly, a 45-year-old female elephant, was found lifeless in a rocky river in Bali

Following torrential rain

Critically endangered elephant found dead in Bali river

Resource-poor Japan 'will aim to maximise the use of renewable energy'

Reduce coal and gas

Japan to make renewables top power source by 2040

US President-elect Donald Trump called Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Trump defends health pick RFK Jr over vaccine stance

The cyclone wrecked homes

Chronic shortages

Macron to visit France's cyclone-battered Mayotte

Drought has caused lake Jablanicko to virtually dry up as Bosnia -- which is headed for its hottest year on record -- suffers prolonged drought

Bosnia hits hottest year on record in 2024: meteorologists

A leopard shark is released back into the aquarium after being artificially inseminated with wild leopard shark sperm at Sydney Aquarium

With aims to release in wild

Scientists artificially inseminate leopard sharks to boost diversity

Andrea Vanek has suffered from long Covid for three years

Reinfection increases risk

Five years on from the pandemic, long Covid keeps lives on hold

Scientists say 2023 and 2024 were the hottest years ever recorded

Uncharted territory

Scientists struggle to explain record surge in global heat

Mejhoul dates, native to Morocco's semi-arid regions, are famed for their large size, tender texture and rich sweetness

Libya farmer breaks new ground with outlier date variety

A COP16 delegate walks past a giant poster of a Saudi archaeological site at the start of the UNCCD talks

No binding protocol

World falls short of drought deal at Saudi-hosted talks

Private firms are offering cheaper and more frequent space exploration opportunities than governments

Weather conditions

Japan space firm postpones second attempt at orbit

Typically considered shy creatures, jackals are increasingly coming into contact with humans -- and sometimes biting them -- as their habitat shrinks

Violent attacks

Habitat loss stokes rabid jackal attacks in Bangladesh

The tiny Melanesian island nation of Vanuatu spearheaded the drive to bring the case to the ICJ, corralling a group of countries to push the United Nations to ask its top court for its opinion

Fighting for the future

'Ambitious' islanders spice up ICJ climate hearings

Six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish were discovered in Cambodia

Underwater monsters

Six rare giant catfish surface in Cambodia

The Italian island of Sardinia was the original

The secret to living to 110?

Bad record-keeping, researcher says

Fatiko Basha and her husband Veiz use donkey milk to make cheese, curd and whey

'Taste of love'

Donkey milk cheese meets success in Albania

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured in April 2024, called Canada's new climate target 'realistic and achievable'

Not ambitious enough

Canada unveils 2035 climate goal critics say is weak

An estimated 1.7 million Bogotanos walk, cycle, jog, rollerblade, scoot, ride unicycles, push buggies through 128 kilometers (79 miles) of car-free streets each Sunday

Huge source of pride

'Part of Bogota's soul': how Colombia fired up the car-free movement

This handout photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shows common murres clustered together on a cliff ledge at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on July 30, 2019

Little signs of rebounding

Single heat wave wiped out millions of Alaska's dominant seabird

Climate change fuelled a rare string of typhoons that battered the Philippines this year and boosted the chances of powerful storms making landfall, a new study says

Humanly induced

Climate change intensified back-to-back Philippines storms: study

Orsted was dealt a $4 billion blow last year when it cancelled wind farm projects in the United States

Failed diversification attempts

Blown off course, turbine giant Orsted seeks second wind

Drones, like the one pictured in this file image from 2015, are permitted for both business applications and recreational use, but are regulated Federal Aviation Administration rules

Unexplained aerial activity

'Alarming' US mystery drones confound officials, scare locals

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