SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondentProf Daniel J Mayor @oceanplanktonA tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking an epic migration, according to new research.These "unsung heroes" called zooplankton...

Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter, BBC NewsAbbieAbbie was rejected from NHS rehabilitation services twice, and reached a point where she considered taking her own life."There was so much chaos around me and the services weren't going to help me,...

After a sharp rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels 252 million years ago, the death of forests led to...

Power grids around the world are increasingly under threat from cyberattacks because of the vulnerabilities of home solar installations. As...

Stone Age humans living by a lake in what’s now Germany systematically processed animal carcasses for fatty nutrients — essentially running what scientists describe as a “fat factory” to boil bones on a vast scale, according to new research.Archaeologists...

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Tiny shavings from a single meteorite could completely overturn our understanding of how the solar system formed, after the...

Nic MarkoLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGoogleA pause in the delivery of babies at a hospital, caused by staff shortages and illness, is being reviewed monthly by health chiefs.The midwife-led Rowan Suite maternity unit at the University Hospital of Hartlepool became...

Patrick Clahane and Rebecca WearnBBC NewsBBCIt's pitch black and we're crawling along a secret underground tunnel beneath a high street in Hull. We pass rotting beams propped up precariously by stacked breeze blocks. A rusty car jack is helping...

Since launching in 2023, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission, or TEMPO, has been measuring the quality of the air we breathe from 22,000 miles above the ground. June 19 marked the successful completion of TEMPO’s 20-month-long initial...