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A new plant in Iceland operated by the firm Climeworks can remove up to 36,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air per year ...

Around 3000 years ago, several empires and kingdoms in the Mediterranean collapsed, with a group of sea-faring warriors ...

A proposal to define the Anthropocene as a geological epoch was rejected this March, but humanity's impact on Earth is real, ...

A new robotic hand can withstand being smashed by pistons or walloped with a hammer. It was designed to survive the trial-and ...

The quantum principle of superposition – the idea of particles being in multiple places at once – could help make quantum ...

Birman and Burmese cats typically live for more than 14 years while sphynxes live less than half as long on average, finds a ...

The slow geomagnetic movement wouldn't be a problem for migrating animals, say our readers - the magnetic field has flipped ...

Carnivores can suffer from food poisoning, say our readers, but they are generally eating fresher meat, and their digestive ...

Can you solve this week’s logic puzzle? Plus our quick quiz and the answer to last week’s problem ...

I always add the carbon offset option when buying a flight, but I had a sneaking suspicion I was being greenwashed. Turns out ...

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