Earth’s princely prize
Prince William wants to ‘repair the Earth’ by announcing a new prestigious global environment award, the Earthshot Prize.
Prince William wants to ‘repair the Earth’ by announcing a new prestigious global environment award, the Earthshot Prize.
The world’s largest fish has emerged in big numbers in the waters off Christmas Island.
Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia to Singapore were treated to a rare solar eclipse.
The Boeing Starliner astronaut spacecraft has made a ‘bull’s-eye’ landing in the New Mexico desert.
Catching flu is like riding a bike, researchers suggest. The body always remembers tackling its first case.
A climate scientist has challenged the Bureau of Meteorology’s declarations of record heat.
In the forests of west Africa some chimps have an unusual custom: they hurl stones at trees. Zoologists are working out why.
How would life be if you could get your robot to take out the garbage or stack the dishwasher?
At first glance, the new drinking guidelines reveal bad news for boozers. But let’s look at the fineprint.
The Great Barrier Reef has taken a battering. Now scientists have come up with a radical plan to reseed it.
A new blood test for women with breast cancer can identify weaknesses in their tumours.
Researchers have found a way to predict how long a species can live. For us homo sapiens, natural lifespan is surprisingly short.
Smoking giant Philip Morris wants to introduce a new tobacco product in Australia: heated ‘sticks’ it claims are less toxic than cigarettes.
Broadcaster and botanist David Bellamy, who maintained there was no proof human activity caused global warming, has died aged 86.
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On a 3500-year-old fresco in Santorini, monkeys dangle from branches. But it has taken until now to spot something wrong with their tails.
Questions emerge about the wisdom of allowing tourists on White Island given a recent uptick in seismic activity there.
The nation’s borders are on high alert for a virus that could wipe out the pork industry
Australia’s new defence against African swine fever has led to six international passengers having their visas cancelled.
Extraordinary pictures reveal the extent of the damage Australia’s bushfire crisis is doing to New Zealand.
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