Sir David Attenborough says fixed-term parliaments lead to lack of climate focus
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The UK’s fixed-term parliaments could see politicians failing to prioritise climate change, veteran naturalist Sir David Attenborough has suggested.
He told the [...]
Canadian start-up GHGSat to make global methane map
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The visualisation will render methane at a resolution of 2km per pixel
A Canadian start-up, GHGSat, is promising to release a high-resolution [...]
Space cookies: First food baked in space by astronauts
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NASA
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Tests are being carried out to determine whether the cookies are safe to eat
Chocolate chip [...]
Mount Vesuvius eruption: Extreme heat 'turned man's brain to glass'
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The New England Journal of Medicine/Dr Pier Paolo
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The black, shiny fragments are believed to be the glassy remains of a man’s [...]
Earth's oldest asteroid impact 'may have ended ice age'
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
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An image of the Yarrabubba area taken from the International Space Station
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Davos: Trump decries climate 'prophets of doom' with Thunberg in audience
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US President Donald Trump has decried climate “prophets of doom” in a speech at the World Economic [...]
Immune discovery 'may treat all cancer'
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The new technique could kill a wide range of cancer cells, including breast and prostate
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SpaceX completes emergency crew escape manoeuvre
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SpaceX has conducted a test of the abort manoeuvre it would use if one of its crew-carrying rockets ever developed a [...]
SpaceX to practise emergency crew capsule escape
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Artwork: Powerful thrusters should push the Dragon capsule clear of the rocket
America [...]
'Resistant' trees planted in Hampshire in ash dieback fight
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Ash dieback has devastated trees across Europe
A planting scheme has begun [...]
