9+ hour, 22+ min ago   (173+ words) Huge construction projects are transforming China - think enormous dams, giant solar power farms and a vast high-speed rail network. Will Beijing's "engineering mindset" help it deal with climate change? China's senior leadership is dominated by engineers, starting with President Xi,…...

22+ hour, 10+ min ago   (706+ words) Scientists investigating the damage caused by severe wildfires across Wales this summer say the impact has been "catastrophic". Extreme heat and exceptionally dry conditions throughout July and August left landscapes such as heathland, moorland and upland grasslands vulnerable to fast…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (164+ words) Every year, climate scientists keep a close eye on data coming out of a particular area of the Pacific Ocean. They’re trying to measure the scale of a climate phenomenon - the El Niño event or effect. This is a naturally…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (791+ words) Scotland's nature agency has denied ignoring scientific evidence after refusing a licence for the killing of hundreds of young seabirds on a Hebridean island. NatureScot rejected the application this year for the annual Guga hunt on Sula Sgeir - an uninhabited…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (708+ words) The UK government has rejected the idea of creating a so-called "kill switch" to stop a dangerous attack from rogue AI. The proposal to create a legal mechanism for the UK to switch off an AI model in an emergency…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (378+ words) Self-driving robots could soon be delivering groceries across three coastal towns. The autonomous electric vehicles would be used in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as part of a new pilot scheme outlined in BCP Council's latest transport plan, with a target…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (576+ words) August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded, tying with July 2023, according to the EU's climate service. The record was driven by a combination of climate change and the rising influence of El Niño, pushing heat into the atmosphere across the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1731+ words) Energy grids, data networks, stock markets: how easy is it to shut down our modern world by attacking the systems that synchronise time and space? Meet the jammers finding out. Harald Hauglin is a toweringly tall man with a salt…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (572+ words) Five baby orangutans have been found in a forest in India's eastern state of Odisha, far from their natural habitat, prompting an investigation into how they got there. Orangutans are not native to India. The critically endangered apes are found…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (616+ words) A set of giant monoliths known as the "Devil’s Arrows" were moved 18km (11 miles) across Yorkshire by Stone Age people, new research has found. The three columns have been standing in a farmer's field in Boroughbridge for thousands of years, with…...