History has seen Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier retreat even more quickly than it is today,...

Scientists mapped in high-resolution a critical area of the seafloor in front of the glacier that gives them a window into how fast Thwaites...

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological...

Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth, a new Earth Commission study published today in...

Salford University’s Vitamin C knock out punch for cancer cells

CANCER stem cells, which fuel the growth of fatal tumours, can be knocked out by a one-two combination of antibiotics and Vitamin C in...

Pesticides may cause bumblebees to lose their buzz, study finds

Pesticides significantly reduce the number of pollen grains a bumblebee is able to collect, a new University of Stirling study has found. The research, conducted...

Europe’s cities face more extreme weather than previously thought

A Landmark study shows the impact of flooding, droughts and heatwaves by 2050-2100 will exceed previous predictions. The research, by Newcastle University, UK, has for the first...

Light device is effective ulcer treatment

University of Manchester and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust scientists have developed a lamp which could treat chronic ulcers with light. The Arthritis Research UK...

Remains of Captain Matthew Flinders discovered at HS2 site in Euston

Archaeologists working on the HS2 project in St. James’s burial ground, Euston, have discovered the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders, the Royal...

DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians

Two children’s milk teeth buried deep in a remote archaeological site in north eastern Siberia have revealed a previously unknown group of people lived...

Rochdale Schoolboy and MP Call for Tougher Action on Plastic Pollution

After watching a David Attenborough documentary with his grandmother on the amount of plastic in the Pacific Ocean, 8-year-old Jack Adams felt angry and...

Hot pots helped ancient Siberian hunters survive the Ice Age

A new study shows that ancient Siberian hunters created heat resistant pots so that they could cook hot meals - surviving the harshest seasons...