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Salt batteries are finally shaping up – that’s good for the planet

With lithium in short supply, sodium-ion batteries might offer cheap energy storage with less environmental impact

What will it take to solve our planet’s plastic pollution crisis?

Countries are meeting in South Korea this week to hash out the final details...

Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus

Most people born before 1968 have antibodies against flu viruses similar to the H5N1...

How a unique puppy kindergarten lab put the science into dog training

Most dogs aren't bred to feel at ease in our homes, but scientists studying...

This start-up is removing carbon from a polluted New York City river

Projects to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by making the oceans less acidic...

Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance

An analysis of crystals in lava from the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa has revealed an unknown magma reservoir within the volcano, which could...

A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes and insects for lunch

You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the Red Planet

This robot can build anything you ask for out of blocks

An AI-assisted robot can listen to spoken commands and assemble 3D objects such as chairs and tables out of reusable building blocks

Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons

Campaigners are calling for stricter controls on rodenticides after finding that birds of prey in England are increasingly being exposed to high doses of...

How a single gopher restored a landscape devastated by a volcano

Never underestimate what a single gopher can achieve in a day: one of the burrowing mammals helped boost soil fungi in an area blanketed...

Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700

Most assessments of global warming use 1850-1900 as a baseline, but researchers have now established a new pre-industrial reference by using Antarctic ice cores...

Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shark attacks

Experiments show that illuminating the underside of a decoy seal reduces attacks by great white sharks, revealing a possible strategy to protect surfers and...

Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time for the planet

Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the...

Is the climate change food crisis even worse than we imagined?

Extreme weather and a growing population are driving a food security crisis. What can we do to break the vicious cycle of carbon emissions,...

Any delay in reaching net zero will influence climate for centuries

Reaching net-zero emissions is essential for halting climate change - but even after we achieve this goal, parts of the planet will continue to...

AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a possible shortcut for training...

Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have an audience

An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their performance in different ways depending...

Watch elephants use a hose to shower themselves – and prank others

Asian elephants at Berlin Zoo show impressive skill when using a hose as a tool, and even appear to sabotage each other by stopping...

Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?

In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types of nothing
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