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A single bitcoin transaction uses enough water to ...
The environmental impact of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is increasingly being scrutinised, du...
Six planets found orbiting a bright star 100 light...
The orbits of six planets around the star HD 110067 have been in a fixed pattern for billions of yea...
The wonder particle: How axions could solve more t...
Physicists are coming to realise that hypothetical particles called axions could explain not only da...
COP28: These are the key clean energy targets the ...
Momentum is building for an agreement at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to triple renewable energ...
Key molecule for life may have formed on interstel...
Some scientists suspect that amino acids were transported to Earth by meteorites. A team has now fou...
Will carbon dioxide removal tech help or hinder cl...
Billions of dollars are pouring into the carbon dioxide removal industry, which aims to clean up emi...
How counting the true cost of cheap food could mak...
What we pay for food and other goods doesn’t reflect the environmental and social damage they cause....
The ancient origins of cannabis and our changing a...
Cannabis attitudes are undergoing a seismic shift but what do really know about the drug? Our three-...
Why some medical conditions are due to evolutionar...
Rather than assuming medical conditions happen because something in the body has “gone wrong”, consi...
Extreme rainfall is increasing even more than expe...
A study comparing weather records with climate model projections suggests that the latest models are...
Could the world finally agree to ditch fossil fuel...
Some countries are pushing for an agreement to phase out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, ...
A new way to estimate our maximum lifespan could h...
The maximum lifespan of mammalian species such as humans can be estimated from so-called epigenetic ...
Majestic photo shows China's Tiangong space statio...
The Tiangong space station, China’s orbiting laboratory, was completed last year – now it has been p...
Physicists find ultimate limit for how accurate cl...
A fundamental trade-off between the resolution of a clock and its accuracy could have important impl...
Glimpse of the earliest supernovae could reveal ou...
Almost every element in the universe, including those that make up our bodies, was created by a proc...
Robots with squidgy paws could navigate uneven ter...
A robot paw made from half a silicone ball could help robots keep their footing, thanks to an intern...
Where is the iceberg that broke off Antarctica and...
An iceberg more than four times the size of New York City began drifting again after being stuck on ...
Why it's healthy for older people to be slightly o...
UK dietitians say people over 65 need more fat reserves, but why are they going against most other h...
