1.5C has become the new "safe" upper-limit for global warming - but whatever happened to the…
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Plastics Watch: Could seaweed replace plastic packaging?
One Indonesian inventor has found a unique solution to the problem of plastic food packaging.
Cern scientist Alessandro Strumia suspended after comments
Prof Alessandro Strumia, of Pisa University, had said "physics was invented and built by men".
Scientist angers audience with views on women in physics
A senior professor tells a workshop in Switzerland that men, not women, face discrimination in physics.
Row over Moon film’s flag moment
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IPCC: Climate scientists consider ‘life changing’ report
Scientists meet in Korea to discuss a report aimed at keeping global temperature rise under 1.5C…
Secret life of rare antelope revealed
An antelope caught on camera in Uganda for the first time sheds light on an unexplored…
Tawny owl decline: Public urged to record ‘twit-twoos’
Volunteers are urged to make a weekly record of the Tawny owl's distinctive hoot, as numbers…
Pollution threatens future of killer whales
Orcas are in deep trouble because of persistent chemical pollution in the environment, researchers say.