April = Action! Earth + Citizen Science Month Challenges
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I don’t want to die with a freezer full of seeds. It’s time to rethink biodiversity and preservation | Chris Smith
Hurricane Helene proved a hard truth: a freezer of seeds is the literal version of putting all your eggs in one basketAbout a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North
Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.
More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based
Environment secretary’s appeal against Yorkshire river pollution ruling fails
Appeal court finds in favour of anglers who said plans to clean up river were so vague as to be totally ineffectualUK politics live – latest updatesA group of anglers
Hunt for the Oldest DNA
Film following a team of scientists in their dramatic quest to recover DNA that is millions of years old and reveal a lost world from before the last Ice Age.
Women to continue having babies later, says ONS
The ONS also projects women will continue having smaller families than previous generations.
Newborns treated with antibiotics respond less well to vaccines, study shows
An Australian study found that babies with early exposure to antibiotics had lower levels of antibodies against jabs in later infancyBabies who are treated with antibiotics as newborns have reduced
Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk
Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinatedResearchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have
Molten salt test loop to advance next-gen nuclear reactors
Moving toward the goal of having an operational molten salt nuclear reactor in the next decade, Southern Company and the Idaho National Laboratory have completed the inaugural run of a
In the event of a hung parliament, one wildcard has been largely overlooked – the Nationals
If Peter Dutton needs to court the crossbench to form minority government after the election, he would risk putting his Coalition partner offside on climate and environment policyInteractive guide to
Turtle doves to be shot for sport again across Europe as EU lifts hunting ban
Ban in place since 2021 has increased numbers of globally vulnerable pigeon species that is close to extinction in UKTurtle doves will be allowed to be shot for sport again
Space junk is damaging satellites. How do we remove it?
More than 130 million pieces of space debris orbit Earth. Collisions with spacecraft risks disrupting critical navigation and environment-monitoring satellites. The ESA is calling for urgent action. Read More