SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

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Most animals would be afraid to go near a crocodile, but biting flies have no qualms about landing on...

Kate MorganWales community correspondentDandelion & Rose PhotographyDr Georgina Forbes, a specialist doctor in sexual and reproductive health, said she knew from her own experience how devastating HG can be for patients.She said: "My experience is that women were coming...

As America approaches its 250th anniversary of declaring independence, NASA’s Artemis II mission will carry a host of mementos that reflect the nation’s long tradition of exploration, innovation, and leadership in its official flight kit. The items will fly...

Our environmental and social problems are pressing and, in many countries, money is short and politics deadlocked. Wouldn’t it...

Over half a billion years ago, the world’s oldest known vertebrates seem to have sported an extra set of...

A nearly 68,000-year-old hand stencil found on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia, may be the oldest...

My number one hack to consistently exercise is my ability to lose myself in the moment. When the music fades, your doubts quiet,...

Mark PoyntingClimate researcherReutersGareth Redmond-King, head of international programme at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, said that weather extremes fuelled by climate change were already hitting food production in some parts of the world."This is a cost-of-living crisis, driving...

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has sharply increased electricity and water consumption, raising concerns about the technology’s environmental footprint and carbon emissions. But the story is more complicated than that.I study emerging technologies and...