Category: Science

Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039, ...

Solar power beamed from satellites could provide the UK with a continuous supply of green energy as soon as 2039, according to a r...

Covid-19 news: New Zealand begins nationwide lockdown

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...

The other cradle of humanity: How Arabia shaped human e...

New evidence reveals that Arabia was not a mere stopover for ancestral humans leaving Africa, but a lush homeland where they flour...

Afghan people face an impossible choice over their digi...

The Taliban's rise to power has left many people in Afghanistan looking to delete their digital footprint, but there are few resou...

Environmentalist Jonathon Porritt’s big idea to slow gl...

Regenerating natural systems will draw carbon out of the atmosphere and help tackle climate change. We must recarbonise Earth now,...

Reminiscence review: Sci-fi that’s too ambitious for it...

Reminiscence, featuring Hugh Jackman and Thandiwe Newton, has all the making of a great science fiction thriller. But unfortunatel...

Giant anteaters are forced to roam in search of cooling...

Giant anteaters rely on forests to help them stay cool – so where trees grow sparsely, the animals are forced to roam further

Diabetes implant is restocked by swallowing magnetic in...

A stomach implant delivers insulin that can be refilled through capsules that are swallowed. If the device is approved for use in ...

Ozone layer treaty will slow climate change by protecti...

The international treaty to protect the ozone layer has had the inadvertent benefit of protecting plants and avoiding up to 1°C of...

Mentally demanding jobs linked with lower dementia risk...

People who have intellectually stimulating jobs are slightly less likely to develop dementia as they age, according to data from s...

UK plan to boost hydrogen production relies on fossil f...

Production of hydrogen from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage has been given the UK government’s backing, despite conce...

Covid-19: Lockdown not enough to stop Australia’s delta...

After being relatively untouched by the pandemic, Sydney, Australia, is now in the midst of its worst covid-19 outbreak, which is ...

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