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Category: Science
COP26: Your essential guide to the crucial climate conf...
The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is the world's last chance to spur real action on global warming. But what issues are at stake...
Will London's expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone cut air ...
Clean air zones across Europe, including in London, are really working to cut dangerous air pollutio
Microplastics in the air have a small cooling effect on...
Microplastics pollute the air, and now there is evidence that they have a cooling effect on climate – although it is far smaller t...
We've found the time and place that horses were first d...
The domestication of horses revolutionised transport and warfare, and we finally know when and where it happened
Watch a wooden knife that is sharper than steel cut thr...
Wood knives sharpened to be three times sharper than steel require less energy to produce than standard tableware
Impaled turtle reveals new insight on the day the dinos...
A controversial fossil site claimed to preserve a scene of destruction from the day the dinosaurs died seems to show the even happ...
UK university climate targets strongly criticised for l...
A group of 140 UK universities says it will cut its carbon emissions by 78 per cent by 2035 and hit net zero by 2050, but critics ...
Nearly every person in Iran seems to have had covid-19 ...
An analysis of covid-19 infections among Iranian people casts further doubt on the idea that herd immunity can be achieved without...
UK net zero strategy under fire for failure to show car...
The UK's net zero strategy does not detail any of the anticipated emissions savings that will stem from action on homes, transport...
UK plans £5000 grants for heat pumps ahead of gas boile...
Under the UK’s long-delayed Heat and Buildings Strategy, households in England and Wales will be encouraged to shift from gas boil...
Extinct Japanese wolf is the closest wild relative of d...
The extinct Japanese wolf is not the direct ancestor of dogs but its DNA shows it is more closely related to those ancestors than ...
Microsoft and Nvidia build largest ever AI to mimic hum...
An artificial intelligence with more than 530 billion parameters - the largest ever - has achieved record scores at understanding ...