Starlings fall to record low in UK’s 2025 Big Garden Birdwatch
RSPB urges people to support threatened birds by cutting lawns less frequently and avoiding pesticidesFewer starlings than ever have been spotted by participants in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch, raising
Country diary: The colourful coltsfoot was once in great demand | Phil Gates
Hexham, Northumberland: It’s back in flower on the riverbank – 80 years ago, mobilised herb-gatherers would have been harvesting this as part of the wartime effortOn our way into town
The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure
The EU neither ‘kissed ass’ nor unleashed its most powerful trade weapon. Now it must provide the world with an alternative to US chaosMy condolences to everyone who spent days
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked onlineA leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit
Australian voters are left in the dark on climate targets as they head to the ballot box | Tony Wood
There has been little talk about how Australia’s economy will get to net zero. That’s a terrible reflection on the state of our politicsThe Coalition has been forced to reassert
China Knows How to Deal with its Billionaires
In the United States today, it’s pretty obvious that billionaires run the show. There are 13 of them in Donald Trump’s administration right now, the most in American history. That
What goes on inside toddlers’ brains?
A unique study is tracking the development of hundreds of babies whose parents have also been studied since birth.
‘Gamechanging’ breast cancer pill to be offered on NHS in England and Wales
U-turn by medicines watchdog means about 3,000 women with advanced forms of disease could benefit each yearThousands of women with advanced breast cancer in England and Wales are to be
Targeted breast cancer treatment approved for routine NHS use
Women with advanced breast cancer could soon have access to a new targeted treatment on the NHS, following a decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
New pill can slow progression of incurable breast cancer
Around 3,000 women a year with advanced cancer could benefit from capivasertib which can slow the disease.
Certbot 4.0: Long Live Short-Lived Certs!
When Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority, started issuing 90 day TLS certificates for websites, it was considered a bold move that helped push the ecosystem towards shorter certificate life
One Million Acts of Science
April is both Citizen Science Month and Earth Month. That means there’s no better time to do science that increases our understanding of the natural world! At CitSci this month,