SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. NASA released this image to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary, as the agency carries...

We might only be a few days into July, but two record-breaking summer heatwaves have already provided the UK and Europe with a snapshot of their new climate.Hot on the heels of May's heat, June saw temperature records not...

Dr Peter Jones has spent the past 30 years immersed - quite literally - in bogs, fens and wetlands, trying to help save the planet and earning himself the nickname The Bogfather in the process.These landscapes are now at...

Ed Shirt, 25, recommends fitting in the 30 minutes wherever you can in the day and splitting it into chunks if that makes it more manageable."Walk before work, on your lunch break or after dinner," he says. "You don't...

A row has broken out in Germany after the coalition government announced changes to sick-leave rules, requiring Germans to provide a doctor's note to their employers on the first day of their illness.The changes also mean workers will not...

One of NASA’s premier space telescopes is falling, and an audacious mission to rescue it has just begun. The...

The American innovations that catapulted the U.S. into a world superpower touch almost every facet of modern life. From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have...

Orangutan mothers seem to make trips into the territories of other mothers with similarly aged offspring so the youngsters...

The realities of a changing global climate collide with years of tradition in Natalya Saprunova’s icy blue photograph, above,...

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