SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Nearly every country in the world has acknowledged that climate change is a serious problem. It’s hard to ignore, as billions of people suffer through increasingly destructive storms and extreme heat.In response, most governments have...

The first NHS intensive care unit for women with serious mental health needs in Kent and Medway is due to open.Women in the region will have access to a dedicated NHS psychiatric intensive care unit for the first time,...

Cancer treatments often have side effects and for young women one of the most significant can be reduced fertility.The main treatments - chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, hormonal therapy and targeted therapy - can affect fertility in different ways.In many situations,...

The hazel dormouse is famous for spending much of the year asleep. It hibernates from around October to May, spending the winter in a nest on the ground. Even during spring and summer, dormice can go into short periods...

BBC News NI health correspondent Marie-Louise ConnollyNorthern Ireland needs more GPs to deliver much needed appointments for the public.Acquiring more GPs needs considerable long-term investment and what the department has announced appears to fall short of what general practice...

Jenny Keane, chief executive of the NIAS, said she was "horrified and outraged" to hear of the assault."This incident is particularly disturbing given that it was perpetrated by an adult male on a female paramedic, while her other female...

Follow usAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleNewsletterSubscribe to our newsletter"Starlog" was one of the greatest sci-fi and fantasy magazines ever, and after a 17-year absence, it's being resurrected.The legendary sci-fi mag went dark back in 2009 as...

Veterinarian Dr. Troy Hudnall enjoyed an active practice in Missouri. But in 2022, during an intense delivery of a calf, he felt a sharp pain, and heard a strange sound: "A snap or a pop,...

NPNL said uplands were "especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change" through rising temperatures, altered rainfall patterns, and increased frequency of extreme weather events.Mitigation work like protecting existing woodlands and restoring carbon-rich peat soils would help safeguard upland...

Seagrass, which may not look remarkable, is often described as the sea's equivalent of a woodland, said the trust. It provides shelter and nursery grounds for fish and other marine life, helps improve water quality, locks away carbon and...