Several motorists who happened across a fiery plane crash on a Texas highway rushed to help — putting their own lives in danger to help those on board escape
The audacious plan to refreeze the Arctic – podcast
Sea ice is melting fast and worsening the climate crisis. But what if there were a way to thicken it again? Madeleine Finlay is joined by environment editor Damian Carrington to discuss a bold attempt to refreeze the Arctic which is showing early signs of success. He visited the project...
HPV jabs cut risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 to almost zero
Study reveals positive news, but experts say deaths and cases may rise again as fewer teenagers get vaccinated Women who received an HPV vaccine in early adolescence have virtually zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of 30, according to a groundbreaking study, but falling vaccination rates...
Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists
Wessex Archaeology suspect they have uncovered a prototype for world-famous Stonehenge site in Wiltshire A 5,000-year-old monument that was aligned with the summer and winter solstices and may have served as a prototype for the later solar alignment at Stonehenge has been discovered close to the famous neolithic site, in...
Apocalypse when? ‘Earth’s Black Box’ to be installed in remote Tasmanian airfield
Rouser Lab says the steel structure will record ‘every step’ humanity takes towards climate catastrophe Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It was designed to survive the apocalypse, as humanity’s last testament to its failure. But...
A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt Some go there to read about the wood that Victorian manufacturers used to make walking sticks. Others want to...
US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 survivors in the eastern Pacific Ocean
The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors
Rex Heuermann to be sentenced in New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killings
A Long Island architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer is being sentenced in the deaths of eight women
Trump-backed Moore wins GOP runoff for US Senate in Alabama, as Democrats focus on rising costs
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore has won the Republican primary runoff for an open Senate seat in Alabama
Goats can find food by following a human voice, study finds
Experiments show 29 animals moved towards a treat-filled bucket 60% of the time when guided by a researcher When it comes to following human cues, it seems the greatest of all time might actually be the goat. Researchers have discovered that, like young children, goats are able to follow the...