SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

In 2021, MIT set campus decarbonization goals as part of its Fast Forward climate action plan. Five years later, many of those goals have been met or are on track for completion, including efforts to make the Institute’s buildings...

The public inquiry into the Lucy Letby case may have reserved the strongest criticism for the Countess of Chester Hospital and its management, but there are big questions for the wider NHS to answer too.The Thirlwall inquiry's final report,...

If you’re down under and you give the right tree a rustle, you might encounter a record-breaking, globally recognized music icon. Or at least a bug named after her.Meet Swiftiephylus, a newly described group of Australian insects. The big-eyed...

BoglandMerritt R. TuretskyW.W. Norton & Company, $29.99Thank goodness Merritt Turetsky became captivated by boglands. The ecosystem ecologist evocatively describes the beauty, danger and vitality of these ecosystems in her book, Bogland.“Buffering the space between forest and river, boglands refuse...

Plans to build a new data centre could threaten the habitat of one of Britain's most endangered plants and a rare species of bumblebee, a wildlife trust said.A planning application has already been submitted for the Google data centre...

Women in Wolverhampton who have not attended cervical screening appointments are to be offered home testing for human papillomavirus (HPV). The NHS is rolling out the self-testing kits to increase screening numbers, with data suggesting about a third of...

Our Sun is the very reason life exists on our small, blue planet. It provides solar radiation that warms the planet and ignites the intricate biochemical processes like photosynthesis producing oxygen...

Deep in the ocean, brown algae and diatoms produce a complex carbohydrate molecule called fucoidan, which helps form the algae's protective outer layer. The fucoidan molecule is very difficult for microbes to break down because its chemical structure may...

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When you’re stressed, you lose control. Your sympathetic nervous system takes over, triggering the release of stress hormones into the bloodstream, which increases heart rate, blood pressure and breathing pace. These changes happen involuntarily, whether you’re facing true danger...