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'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals spectacular luxury of Pompeii
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:19:16 GMT
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
Saving a species: The slow return of the Iberian lynx
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:28:52 GMT
After edging close to extinction, there are now some 2,000 Iberian lynxes in Spain and Portugal.
Sweden's green industry hopes hit by Northvolt woes
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:04:20 GMT
Financial problems at battery maker Northvolt have shaken hopes for Sweden's green industry sector.
Penguins and iceberg-watching: Marking Christmas in Antarctica
Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:39:01 GMT
Staff working out in the wilds of Antarctica share their Christmas Day plans.
Joyful welcome by stranded astronauts for SpaceX capsule crew
Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:00:32 GMT
A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked.
Nepal's leader says it has too many tigers. Does it?
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:05:59 GMT
Wild tigers killed nearly 40 people in Nepal between 2019 and 2023. Solutions are hard to come by.
Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:46:51 GMT
Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost
Trump vows to leave Paris climate agreement and 'drill, baby, drill'
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 03:20:20 GMT
The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.
Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS – and how they deal with 'space smell'
Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:44:52 GMT
As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit.
'We sing to them': LA stables turn Noah's Ark for fire rescue animals
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:34:47 GMT
Pigs, donkeys and even a mini cow named Cuddles found a temporary home after the LA fires.
Women held keys to land and wealth in Celtic Britain
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:00:04 GMT
DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight
Tue, 09 Jul 2024 23:56:16 GMT
After a successful launch, the upper-stage of the rocket goes on to experience an anomaly.
National Trust warns UK's most precious heritage at risk from extreme weather
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 00:09:22 GMT
A blurring of the distinctions between seasons is also a challenge for insects and their predators.
Giant iceberg on crash course with island, putting penguins and seals in danger
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:01:33 GMT
More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.
Norway on track to be first to go all-electric
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:51:45 GMT
Nine in 10 new cars in the country are now battery-powered, and it aims to hit 100% later this year.
SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 02:27:56 GMT
Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched.
Somebody moved UK's oldest satellite, and no-one knows who or why
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:08:27 GMT
Britain's oldest satellite is in the wrong part of the sky, but no-one's really sure who moved it.
A year of extreme weather that challenged billions
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:03:56 GMT
Climate change caused 41 additional days of dangerous heat and extreme weather, say scientists.
Could bike lanes reshape car-crazy Los Angeles?
Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:42:33 GMT
LA is trying to expand its cycling network ahead of the 2028 Olympics, but some are skeptical.
Bumblebees winter nest-building 'due to climate'
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:19:24 GMT
Active worker bumblebees were spotted in Scotland over the Christmas break.
Fatbergs turned into perfume - inside Britain's bizarre new industrial revolution
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:08:17 GMT
The UK led the way in this field of science until recently - but now other countries have overtaken. So, how can that lead be recovered?
Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:12:26 GMT
Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.
One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 - report
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:20:56 GMT
Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.
Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs
Sat, 08 Jun 2024 23:58:01 GMT
A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up?
What's next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket?
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 17:40:08 GMT
The world's most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon
Nasa astronaut stuck in space ventures outside
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:13:52 GMT
Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.
Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:12:27 GMT
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.
To conserve or cull? Life in Australia's crocodile capital
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:01:03 GMT
The Northern Territory is home to over 100,000 saltwater crocodiles, but not everyone wants them there.
Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:47:23 GMT
A biodiversity hotspot has become the stomping ground of poachers.
Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks
Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:00:06 GMT
Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust.
Government unveils new powers to approve onshore wind farms
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:38:31 GMT
The change is part of the government's new action plan for meeting its 2030 clean power target.
'Dark oxygen' mission takes aim at other worlds
Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:05:32 GMT
Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.
Major report joins dots between world's nature challenges
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:00:18 GMT
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
'Humans are all they know' - Fate of whales uncertain as marine zoo shuts
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 14:36:10 GMT
Campaigners, politicians and zoo managers disagree on where Wikie and her son Keijo should be sent.
New study on moons of Uranus raises chance of life
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:05 GMT
The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the sterile worlds scientists have long thought.
India successfully conducts historic space-docking test
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 06:24:39 GMT
India is only the fourth country in the world with such technology after United States, Russia and China.
