• Gardeners urged to plant £3 kitchen staple to lure pests from vulnerable plants
    Sunday, October 19, 2025 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
    A TikTok creator reveals a clever gardening hack that promises to naturally keep pests away. Uncover the crop that's surprising the gardening world.
  • mRNA covid vaccines spark immune response that may aid cancer survival
    Sunday, October 19, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives
  • How the west can stop the global south being strangled by debt | Heather Stewart
    Sunday, October 19, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Labour would do well to remember its manifesto promise to revive Britain’s global leadership on development With borrowing costs rising and western governments including the UK cutting their aid budgets, unsustainable debts are driving a...
  • Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?
    Sunday, October 19, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way? Whenever you read, watch, or listen to the news, you’re likely to be exposed to stories of violence and murder. As a...
  • Bonobos transformed how we think about animal societies. Can we save the last of the ‘hippy apes’?
    Sunday, October 19, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    They are peaceful, female-led and use sex in everyday interactions. Now a new conservation scheme could offer a lifeline to our critically endangered close relatives living on the Congo river A few dozen large nests appear in the mist of...
  • Developers encroach on 2,000-year-old Devon wetland citing ‘blockages’ to Labour’s housing plans
    Sunday, October 19, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes A 2,000-year-old wetland which is one of England’s most protected habitats has “bulldozers at its gates” after...
  • Regulators overlooking toxic Pfas found around Lancashire chemicals plant
    Sunday, October 19, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Exclusive: Environment Agency not testing for ‘forever chemical’ made by factory despite evidence of emissions Regulators measuring “forever chemicals” near a Lancashire chemicals plant are not testing for a substance made by the company...
  • Government aims to create 400,000 jobs through UK national green energy plan
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Scheme will offer training for plumbers, welders and carpenters as well as promoting trade union recognition Plumbers, electricians and welders will be in huge demand as part of a national plan to train people for an extra 400,000 green...
  • The amazing world of fungi – in pictures
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Dr Tom May, a mycologist at the Royal Botanic Gardens and an expert witness at the Erin Patterson trial, has collaborated with renowned fungi photographer Stephen Axford for Planet Fungi, a new book from CSIRO Publishing full of...
  • Techno-capitalists think innovation can save the planet. But that same thinking is what got us here
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    An upside-down mindset is emerging around the world. We have to rethink our relationship with the environment and the technology that’s caused it harm Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Aldous Huxley’s Brave New...
  • Deep in the reeds: Australian scientists put dollar figure on floating wetlands’ global water quality savings
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    ‘We’ve worked out that no matter how hard you engineer something, nature filters everything much better than anything else’, says academic Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor...
  • The rare reason why acorns are everywhere this autumn
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
    The National Trust said the 2025 'Mast Year' means autumn will also bring a glut of conkers and hedgerow fruits.
  • Dog owners given urgent warning about autumn ‘canine illness’
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
    Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of appetite and tiredness.
  • ‘There were stoats in kitchen cupboards’: AI deployed to help save Orkney’s birds
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Stoats have been an existential threat to Orkney’s rare birds but technology is helping to eradicate them At first, the stoat looks like a faint smudge in the distance. But, as it jumps closer, its sleek body is identified by a...
  • World’s landscapes may soon be ‘devoid of wild animals’, says nature photographer
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Margot Raggett, whose latest compilation shows animals scrubbed from natural habitats, calls for rethink on UK accelerated housebuilding Margot Raggett has spent the past decade raising money for conservation efforts around the world but...
  • Country diary: Racing peregrines among the rusting mills | Richard Smyth
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Manningham, Bradford: Twenty-six years after this great industrial hub closed down, it still has resonances with the community via its thrilling wildlife A peregrine comes bombing down from the ornamented parapet of the 76-metre mill...
  • ‘Nightmare’ calculation may be too tricky for even quantum computers
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Quantum computers hold great potential for solving many problems more quickly or efficiently than conventional computers, but researchers are starting to identify where they could falter
  • Replacing sugar with artificial sweetener may help your gut microbiome
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    One of the longest trials of artificial sweeteners to date found that they may increase beneficial gut bacteria, though the boost may also be related to weight loss
  • The tiny abandoned island so remote it's been overrun by bears
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
    Eerie photos show the moment a group of polar bears took over a Soviet-era weather station, with the deadly animals now roaming free on the island.
  • We can use ordinary sugar in the search for dark matter
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Physicists have tried so many different ways to find dark matter, but none has been successful. Now an unexpected contender has entered the arena - ordinary table sugar.
  • We're starting to understand why childhood adversity leaves its mark
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Experiencing severe hardship in childhood can have a lasting impact. Understanding this better could open the door to more effective treatments
  • Record-breaking chip sidesteps Moore’s law by growing upwards
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    A new chip design includes 41 vertical layers of semiconductor and insulator materials, which allow it to outrun the limits of miniaturisation
  • Week in wildlife: a hopeful pelican, peregrine chicks and cute baby numbats
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  • The centre of our galaxy may be teeming with dark matter particles
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    A mysterious excess of gamma rays in the middle of the Milky Way may come from dark matter particles smashing into one another and annihilating
  • There's a simple way we could drastically cut AI energy use
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    If users chose the most efficient model each time they performed a task with AI, researchers calculate it would slash energy consumption by more than a quarter
  • Are biofuels a good idea? Only if you're a farmer or shipping company
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The rush to grow more biofuels continues, despite the fact they increase CO2 emissions rather than lower them, raise food prices and devastate nature. It has to stop, says Michael Le Page
  • This Tiny Walrus Will Melt Your Heart
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from Nature
    This orphaned baby walrus, dubbed Little Miss Walrus, was found alone on a remote Alaskan beach, just one week old and covered in scratches. She’s now safe at the Alaska SeaLife Center, the only place in the U.S. equipped to care for...
  • School phone bans may actually harm some students' mental health
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The evidence to support phone bans in schools has been inconclusive, and now it seems that the move could harm some students' mental health in a particular way
  • Mathematicians have found a hidden 'reset button' for undoing rotation
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Mathematicians thought that they understood how rotation works, but now a new proof has revealed a surprising twist that makes it possible to reset even a complex sequence of motion
  • Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them. Bird migrations rank as...
  • Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it Crucial to the government’s war on nature is the “cauldron principle”. If a species is to...
  • ‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses Ian Falconer kept thinking about the heaps of...
  • What will the Australian bird of the year do next? | Fiona Katauskas
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    The sky’s the limit See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...
  • Why the next generation of mRNA vaccines is set to be even better
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Scientists are designing mRNA vaccines to produce virus-like nanoparticles, which should lead to a more robust immune response with even fewer side effects than either of these immunisation approaches on their own
  • Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens may have coped better than our close relatives
  • Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    With enthralling visuals and intense performances, this version of Mary Shelley's sci-fi tale reminds us to ask not only if we can create life, but if we can live with our creations, says Davide Abbatescianni
  • There is a major psychological flaw in how society punishes people
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Our experiments have revealed that we're getting it wrong when it comes to crime and punishment. This is undermining society, say Raihan Alam and Tage Rai
  • New Scientist recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
  • Digital ID cards could be a disaster in the UK and beyond
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The British government isn't the only one looking to introduce digital ID cards. There is so much to worry about here, not least the threat of hacks, says Annalee Newitz
  • Is it really likely that humans will go extinct in exactly 314 years?
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Feedback isn't entirely convinced by a new piece of research that claims by 2339 "there will be no humans", even though the authors used three methods to make their calculation
  • A purrfect guide to cats and our complex relationship with them
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Our bond with cats – which has seen them go from hunter to house pet – may be more diverse than with any other animal. And Jerry D. Moore's Cat Tales: A history rounds up the lot, says Bethan Ackerley
  • Can chilli powder really stop animals from digging up your garden?
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Chilli powder is touted as a cheap, easy, safe option to protect your garden from foxes and squirrels. James Wong casts a scientific eye on this popular remedy
  • If you love AI, you'll love Ken Liu's new cyberpunk thriller
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    In Ken Liu's All That We See or Seem, a once-famous hacker must find a missing dream-weaver. One for AI fans, but it didn't quite work for Emily H. Wilson
  • Dinosaur fossil rewrites the story of how sauropods got long necks
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    A 230-million-year-old fossil found in Argentina shows that the evolution of sauropod dinosaurs’ long necks began earlier than previously thought
  • The 30-year fight over how many numbers we need to describe reality
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly long-running quarrel takes us to the heart of what’s truly real
  • CO2 levels in Earth's atmosphere jumped by a record amount in 2024
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The global average concentration of CO2 surged by 3.5 parts per million to reach 423.9 ppm last year, fuelling worries that the planet’s ability to soak up excess carbon is weakening
  • Magnifying the minuscule: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2025 – in pictures
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Weevils, spores, slime mold and cells are in extreme closeup for the 51st anniversary of the Nikon Small World competition. For more than five decades, the award has brought scientific wonders under the microscope, with scientists,...
  • The AI bubble is heading towards a burst but it won't be the end of AI
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Economists, bankers and even the boss of OpenAI are warning of a rapidly inflating AI bubble. If and when it bursts, what will happen to the technological breakthroughs of the past few years?
  • ‘She died because of the flood’: Filipinos rise up as outrage over corruption scandal grows
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from Environment | The Guardian
    Allegations related to flood control projects have sparked widespread anger and protests in the Philippines Philippine health worker Christina Padora waded through July’s waist-high flood water to check on vaccines and vital medications...
  • Who were the first humans to reach the British Isles?
    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of the last places they inhabited was Britain, likely due to the relentless cold and damp climate
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