1+ week, 5+ day ago  (868+ words) Through global health initiatives like vaccination programme rollouts and accessible treatments, millions of lives have been saved from being infected with life-threatening "and in some cases, deadly " diseases. However, many diseases once thought to be under control have recently begun…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1340+ words) Aykerim's high-pitched call cuts through the valley, and the horses leap into action. Responding to her signal, my horse lurches forward beneath me, and I hastily shove my camera into my bag. It's late winter in the Altai. The land…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (845+ words) On 20 May 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution explicitly endorsing the International Court of Justice's landmark advisory opinion on climate obligations. In doing so, the world's nations collectively acknowledged what the court had declared ten months earlier " that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (386+ words) A great white shark has been recorded swimming in the Mediterranean for the first time " a rare moment captured on camera by a diver offshore between Tunisia and Sicily. The adult male shark was seen when a diving team were…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (262+ words) The Caribbean island of Montserrat is the latest UK overseas territory to join the Blue Belt Programme "the UK Government's leading international marine conservation initiative. The government will work closely with the Blue Belt Programme to implement new science-based fishery…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (571+ words) Across the capital of England, a significant demographic challenge is on the rise. After a decade of rapid growth in the 2000s, the number of children living in London has since declined at a faster rate than anywhere else in the…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (393+ words) Higher temperatures could increase heat-related heart disease by 200 per cent by 2050, according to a new study published by Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Centre. The study " published in JAMA Cardiology'drew upon the…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (463+ words) Atrazine, once one of the most-used herbicides in the world, has been banned in Switzerland for nearly 20 years. But according to Marcel van der Heijden, a professor at the University of Zurich's Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, it's basically…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (518+ words) With control over many of the world's most important energy resources " and profits to match " fossil fuel companies are among the world's most powerful corporate actors. But behind the drilling rigs, pipelines and balance sheets lies a less visible source…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (495+ words) Air pollution is slowing the lung growth of children in the UK, a new study has revealed. Scientists have found that breathing more air pollution during pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood can slow lung development into early adulthood. In particular,…...