The first known asteroid to visit our Solar System from interstellar space has been given a…
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UK and Canada lead global alliance against coal
A significant group of nations take a stand against using coal for electricity generation at UN…
Columbia zoo gives trafficked elephant root canal surgery
The procedure took 30 people three hours to complete. Tantor had been rescued from a ranch…
‘Routine’ detection of space ripples
Laser labs sense black holes merging at a distance of about a billion light-years from Earth.
Epic India leopard rescue photo wins award five years later
In a rare instance, Indian villagers and forest officers worked together for hours to save the…
First gene-editing in human body attempt
Gene-editing has been attempted on cells inside a patient, in a world first by doctors in…
Singapore welcomes rare blue macaw parrots
Singapore and Brazil are working together to bring two blue macaw species back from near-extinction.
Nasa forecast: Which cities will flood as ice melts?
A forecasting tool reveals which cities will be affected as different portions of the ice sheet…
Which cities could suffer as ice melts?
A forecasting tool reveals which cities will be affected as different portions of the ice sheet…
Europe steps in to cover US shortfall in funding climate science
French and UK governments say they will make up for any shortfall in funding for global…