Confusion over food labels is prompting people to throw away usable produce, waste agency claims.
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Breakthrough in coral restoration, say researchers
Coral is growing on the Great Barrier Reef after first being grown in tanks, say researchers.
Footage of Earth from the International Space Station
Astronaut Randy Bresnik shares footage of a maintenance mission outside the International Space Station.
Three beavers released into the wild
The latest trio has been introduced to Knapdale Forest in Argyll, Scotland.
River departed ‘before Indus civilisation emergence’
One of the world's earliest urban civilisations thrived in the absence of a big Himalayan river,…
How to solve the problem of space junk
A British spacecraft is trying to clean up what we send up but never bring down.
RemoveDebris: Space junk mission prepares for launch
A spacecraft that will test the best methods to clean up space debris is nearing completion.
Teenage brains ‘not wired for high stakes’
Developing brain circuits shape how adolescents approach their goals, say US psychologists.
Russia loses contact with new weather satellite
The Meteor satellite was found not to be on its planned orbit, hours after launch from…
Bird pulled from brink of extinction facing poisoning threat
The red kite is still at risk from poisoning despite the success of conservation schemes, say…