Caribou recovering after fire
By this time, Jasper National Park's caribou breeding centre was supposed to be nearly done, ready for pregnant cows to bed down behind its fence, safe from predators and working on replenishing the park's diminishing herds.
Royal Navy sailors help save Caribbean turtles
"Cold-stunned" rare turtles that washed up in UK waters are nurtured back to health.
Six places where flood alerts remain after Midlands battered by heavy rain
The region was pelted with rain leading to an amber alert warning to people in Birmingham and beyond
Geologists discover mysterious subduction zone beneath Pacific, reshaping understanding of Earth's interior
University of Maryland scientists uncovered evidence of an ancient seafloor that sank deep into Earth during the age of dinosaurs, challenging existing theories about Earth's interior structure. Located ...
Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb
Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, astronomers and planetary scientists have pondered the make-up of this asteroid/dwarf ...
Fireworks forecast if comet survives risky sun flypast
A comet is expected to risk having its tail clipped on Friday by flying perilously close to the sun, promising fireworks next month should it survive the fraught flypast.
'Imagine a world without their song': Toronto photographer wins international award for picture of 4,000 dead birds
Thousands of dead birds, from kingfishers to blue jays, encircle a wild turkey to illustrate in one snapshot a mere fragment of how many die from colliding into glass windows – a death that can be easily prevented, the Torontonian photographer says.
Familial DNA could help solve cheese wire murder, experts say
America's most-infamous and longest-running murder investigations was finally brought to a close in 2018 using familial DNA.
Europe en route for moon with new simulator, says astronaut Pesquet
Europe has embarked on the mission to put humans back on the moon with a new lunar simulator launched in Germany, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP.
Community raises £5k for Northfield school as flooding leaves disabled children 'devastated'
Pupils were told to stay at home on Friday and the school won't open until the middle of next week - now the community has stepped in
Chance to see 'rare bright comet' in skies above UK
There's a chance that the comet could be seen with the naked eye in the weeks to come
I had a full body private health check — the results shocked me into action
We never give a second thought about taking our cars in for an MOT but when it comes to giving our own bodies a health check, most people don't until there's something going seriously wrong.
Chance to see 'rare bright comet' in skies above UK
There's a chance that the comet could be seen with the naked eye in the weeks to come
Mind-boggling viral test shows if you green and blue like everyone else
Neuroscientist Dr Patrick Mineault has created a website which will can tell people how they can perceive the colours blue and green, compared to the rest of the nation
Precise locations of more than 1 million galaxies revealed
The Physics of the Accelerating Universe Survey (PAUS), an international collaboration across 14 institutions, has covered a sky area of 50 square degrees, similar to approximately 250 full moons.
Six turtles washed up on UK shores released back into the wild by the Royal Navy
Six rare turtles that washed up on UK shores have been released back into their natural habitat by the Royal Navy.
Best time to see rare bright comet in skies above UK
Comet A3 is now growing as it gets brighter and moves toward its peak visibility
Exact date bright comet dubbed 'best of the year' will be visible to naked eye
The comet is expected to be the 'best of the year' and goes by the full name C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, though most people are simply referring to it as Comet A3
Saturday Citations: Octopuses as shift supervisors for fish; universe confounds standard model; extremely old cheese
This week, biologists tracked down a mysterious group of orcas near Chile; Hubble spotted a black hole jet that causes stars along its trajectory to erupt; and researchers explained mysterious craters ...
Vapers complain of strange side effects - full list of 11 most common symptoms
In the last two years there are people who think that vaping could be linked to their earache, mouth ulcers and painful tongue, and in total, there were 234 reports of symptoms in 91 different cases
Chilling video shows' 'horseshoe-shaped' UFO defying laws of physics
UFO enthusiasts are attempting to draw parallels between a video that seems to show an aircraft zooming through the clouds and the declassified image of a UFO shot down last year.
'Hidden condition meant I felt drunk for a YEAR - doctors thought I was crazy'
Jack woke up one morning and everything had changed
NASA’s Hubble Makes Wild Discovery Of Black Hole Jets That Blow-Up Stars
The group of astronomers are confounded and say the discovery means something is missing from our understanding of black holes.
Progress on high seas treaty, but change still far off
A year after a historic treaty to protect the high seas was opened to signatures, it has now received 13 ratifications—leaving it still far from coming into force.
Dunedin Hospital downgrade: Unions urge government to reconsider
Some 35,000 people turned out to protest on Saturday after ministers announced they would scale back the hospital rebuild project.
Secret to eternal youth - eight easy ways to turn the clock back and reverse ageing
Tim Gray, 45, who lives in London, is one of the UK’s leading biohacking experts, and he says he transformed his health – and his life – by putting its principles into practice
Jasper captive caribou breeding program slowly recovers from summer wildfire
By this time, Jasper National Park's caribou breeding centre was supposed to be nearly done, ready for pregnant cows to bed down behind its fence, safe from predators and working on replenishing the park's diminishing herds.
Dad died after NHS 'mistakes and delays' which saw him wait hours in a hospital corridor
Kenneth Metcalfe, 63, died on October 14 2022 after overdosing on prescription medication in what a coroner described as a "cry for help" at a hearing at Durham and Darlington Coroner's Court
Paramedic struck off after leaving elderly patient who was permanently paralysed from fall
Raymond Byron of West Midlands Ambulance Service has been taken off the medical professional register after failing to notice his elderly patient had broken his back
Baby penguins stranded on iceberg miraculously survive for four months
Hundreds of baby emperor penguins have miraculously survived after a breakaway iceberg as big as the Isle of Wight caused thousands of chicks to be cut off from their mothers.
What is extremely rare Leptospirosis which affected Punjab CM
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS): Leptospirosis is an extremely rare bacterial disease that spreads to humans via the urine of infected animals like dogs, and rats, said an expert on Saturday, after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was diagnosed with the condition. Speaking to IANS, Dr M Wali, Senior Consultant, Department.....
Car expert says one day of the week has better MOT pass rate
The MOT is a legal requirement and is crucial to road safety
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