SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Michelle RobertsDigital health editorDiabetes UKImogen, who is 12 and from the West Midlands, is one of those found to have diabetes thanks to the screening. Her mum Amy says knowing what's coming, rather than being taken by surprise, ...

NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 22, which includes commemorating the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. The event is traditionally held every year on the fourth Thursday of...

Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporterandJustin Rowlatt,Climate EditorAndrew Aitchison/Getty ImagesHouseholds will be eligible for thousands of pounds' worth of solar panels and other green tech to lower their energy bills, the government has announced.The long-awaited Warm Homes Plan promises to...

MIT researchers have identified significant examples of machine-learning model failure when those models are applied to data...

A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. To the left, an actively forming star called a protostar casts its glow on...

I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early 2000s. The city sits on the plain, skyscrapers rising and buildings...

Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice. Source link

Helen Briggs,Environment correspondentandGwyndaf Hughes,Science videographerConservation biologist, Dr Rebecca Thomas, of Royal Holloway, University of London, who is not connected with the study, said gardens are increasingly becoming important habitats for hedgehogs as numbers fall in the countryside."The best thing...

Ever since humans learned that there are countless stars in the Universe with their own planetary systems, we have wondered if intelligent life exists beyond Earth. For more than 60 years,...

These are our selections for the worst fumbles of the 21st century: ideas that were great, but got twisted...