SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

On a hot day, a few glugs from a park drinking fountain can be a major relief — and some of Sydney’s cockatoos agree.The brainy city-dwelling parrots have figured out how to twist on drinking fountains for a sip,...

After years of largely predictable norovirus waves, the emergence of a new strain might have disrupted the seasonal pattern of outbreaks from this notorious stomach bug, suggests a new report by the Centers for Disease...

And the winner is… the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Utah Student Robotics Club won the grand prize Artemis Award on May 22 for NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Challenge held at The Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for...

Getting federal approval for permits to build bridges, wind farms, highways and other major infrastructure projects has long been a complicated and time-consuming process. Despite growing calls from both parties for Congress and federal agencies...

Astronomy has lost one of its most assiduous calculators of eclipses with the passing of astronomer Fred Espenak.On April 15, 2025, Espenak announced on his Facebook page that he had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, his health was declining rapidly, and...

Dominic HughesHealth CorrespondentAnnabel RackhamHealth ReporterGetty ImagesNew cases of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis have risen again in England, continuing a trend dating back to the early 2000s.While the overall number of people diagnosed with gonorrhoea has fallen, there has...

Mark Poynting and Jonah FisherBBC Climate & ScienceGettyThe water sector in England and Wales is failing and needs stronger regulation to better protect billpayers and the environment, according to the interim findings of a landmark review.The independent Water Commission,...

Marie-Louise Connolly, Denise O'Connor and David HunterBBC SpotlightBBCConsultant perinatal psychiatrist, Dr Jo Black, who is originally from Cookstown, was instrumental in setting up a mother and baby unit in Devon.An eight-bed unit, the layout and decor of Jasmine Lodge...

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