China's 'condensed' battery breakthrough could power long-range electric cars and planes, and will be in mass production later this year One thousand kilometres on a single charge sounds like the ...

Fresh from opening a London branch of the Poetry Pharmacy, peddling literary first aid to a new generation from the most famous shopping street in the world, founder Deb Alma explains why poetry is in ...

For centuries, male land inheritance in the DRC has stymied women’s access to their own livelihoods. Now, in one region, women are pushing back – opening up the possibility of economic independence ...

How did a rural Cambridgeshire village switch en masse to renewable energy? Thanks to one fateful pizza night, 100 huge boreholes and heroic navigation of the planning system, they have trailblazed ...

The world’s largest animal, the blue whale, has been spotted in “unprecedented numbers” in the waters around Antarctica – a sign that the critically endangered mammal could be staging a comeback. A ...

Deforestation in Brazil and Colombia has plummeted following changes in political leadership, according to analysis by the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) in partnership with the University of ...

Microsoft has revealed a new quantum chip that could eventually lead to computers capable of solving highly complex societal problems A groundbreaking new chip brings quantum computing within touching ...

John McFall has been approved as the first person with a physical disability to take part in a mission to the International Space Station It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for inclusivity: ...

A city once dubbed “the dirtiest in the US” has been designated North America’s first national park city. Half a century ago, Chattanooga in Tennessee was infamous for its acrid air and toxic water, ...

Halting tree loss is vital if we are to solve the climate and biodiversity crises. We have the tools to meet the challenge. Here are five solutions to deforestation Let’s not beat around the bush: ...

A repair centre run by refugees in Amsterdam is helping big brands breathe new life into old clothes. Now the founders are opening another fixing factory in the UK Westerpark is about as Dutch as it ...

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