Taking a bite out of food waste: Scientists repurpose waste bread to feed microbes

As much as a third of food produced for human consumption is wasted or lost globally…

Conspiracy beliefs could increase fringe political engagement, shows new study

Conspiracies abound in society and can have real world impacts when it leads some people to…

Children who read books daily score higher in school tests, vast new study states

What children choose to read outside school directly influences their academic performance, according to a major…

Army called in to help drought-hit New Zealand towns

New Zealand has deployed soldiers to help prevent drought-stricken North Island towns from running dry as…

Rocket start-up Astra tries back-to-back launches to win $12 million

A private satellite that’s low on fuel could survive five more years because another satellite has…

Astronomers Detect The Biggest Explosion In The History Of The Universe

Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since…

Scientists detect biggest explosion since Big Bang

The blast in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster left a cavity 15 times bigger than our Milky…

Greta Thunberg: Who is the teenage climate change activist?

The Swedish teenager started a climate change protest that grew into a global movement of millions. …

Road schemes may face Heathrow-style court action

Environmentalists could try to block new road plans if they fail to take climate targets into…

Leap years and why we need them

It’s a leap year which means there’s an extra day in the calendar – 29 February…