Longannet, the last coal-fired power plant in Scotland, has closed. It might be good news for climate change, but it also signals major problems ahead.
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These days, EU policy is more helpful than harmful for Britain’s fish.
Small nuclear reactors are one step closer to powering the UK’s future energy requirements.
Forget fences and international agreements. This five-year study in the Serengeti has found the way forward.
Protecting this ecosystem helps local people and secures coffee’s long-term genetic future.
Dietary changes make a big difference to both people and planet.
A new polar research vessel might be saddled with a daft name, but its work is all important.
As a fifth Indiana Jones film is announced, what Indy got right – and wrong – in his earlier exploits …
There’s loads of advice out there on how to save energy. But how much of it is based on real scientific evidence?
Eating more frozen food could help us reduce waste, beat the obesity epidemic and have more money in our pockets – what’s not to like.
This low-cost way of monitoring air quality is appealing, but there needs to be acknowledgement of their weaknesses as well as strengths.
Would you take a longer route to work for the good of all?
February was the third consecutive month to break global temperature records.
The natural world is full of trickery and deception in the struggle for survival.
Revealed: the secrets of one of nature’s great digestive mysteries.
The nuclear operator was nowhere near adequately covered for the disaster. And it’s not just a Japanese problem.
Scientists are setting Japan on the road to recovery, using data to protect against future disasters.
We’ve bred them into all shapes and sizes, but dogs haven’t been around for long enough to have evolved beyond Canis familiaris.
There’s a bunfight about whether local or national government should call the shots when it comes to fracking.
The airline industry’s promised technological solutions have not arrived, and they never will.
New study reveals competition can trigger mass evictions in even the most cooperative of animal social groups.
Researchers calculate whether we’re using less materials, or whether we’re just shipping it in from abroad.
An animal science expert explains why Crufts teaches us so much about man’s best friend.
Here’s how scientists are seeking to turn the building blocks of life into the building blocks of … well, buildings.
It’s time to rethink the stack-em-high and sell-em-cheap approach to business.