Valerie drove her bright red Suzuki into the eye of Alfred. Now she’s heading home to the northern rivers
Experience has taught many residents in flood-prone areas around Lismore and northern New South Wales the value of leaving earlyEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news
Old wind turbine blades repurposed as sustainable surfboards
It's both challenging and crucial to recycle wind turbine blades, because those massive fins are built to weather the elements for decades and don't degrade quickly in landfills. An Australian
‘The sewage scandal ends now’: UK water company fines to be used to clean up rivers
After fears £11m would be diverted to Treasury, money will be spent on restoring polluted areas where penalties issuedMillions of pounds of fines imposed on water firms will fund environmental
Covid, five years on: UK ‘still not ready to protect the population’
Scientific triumphs were made in the battle against the pandemic, but the memories and lessons are already in danger of being lostOn 9 March 2020, Martin Landray was studying the
Opening our eyes to the science of sleep, in 1971
Armed with the new EEG machine, investigators were able to look into the familiar yet strange phenomenon more deeply than ever before‘Sleep is like love. If you have it, you
I keep fantasising about living in total solitude in a forest
Maybe your isolation vision reflects a need to escape from the weight of responsibility that life inevitably bringsThe question I am a woman in my early 30s and about two
A Bejeweled Plateau
The turquoise waters of Ngangla Ringco add vivid color to the otherwise brown landscape in this part of the Tibetan Plateau. Read More... Read More
‘I was drawn into a secretive world of chemsex and it turned me into a zombie’
Calls are made to help address stigmas attached to chemsex and improve support.
Weight-loss drugs expose women to society’s harsh judgements on their bodies
Women who have quickly lost weight say strangers are now more likely to smile at them or strike up a conversation.
This photo’s real, but doesn’t show ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’
The patch of waste was said to have grown to “twice the size of Texas.” Read More