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How microbes could help solve the world’s plastic pollution crisis

With conventional waste management systems falling short, many scientists are turning to nature for innovative solutions to the issue of plastic waste. One promising avenue is microbial degradation: harnessing the natural abilities of certain bacteria and fungi to break down plastics in ways that current technologies cannot.

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My daily surveys suggest British earwigs are declining drastically

Every morning for the past 32 years, I have been counting earwigs. Here at Marshalls Heath, a small nature reserve in Hertfordshire, the only site where these nocturnal insects have been so systematically monitored for so long, the number of common earwigs has declined dramatically.

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Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos

The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making it difficult for astronomers to study the night sky.

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South Africa’s earliest newspapers made money from slavery: book offers new evidence

In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press (2025 Routledge), author and journalism professor Gawie Botma explores the gap in the country’s understanding about the complicity of South African journalism in slavery. He spoke to The Conversation about what he…

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Israel is deepening its war in Gaza – here are 5 big questions about Netanyahu’s ill-advised next phase

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving forward with his plan to take full control of Gaza, expanding his war efforts amid a deepening starvation crisis in the strip and intensifying international condemnation.

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Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale

For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional

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A new global ruling shows states are legally responsible for tackling climate change

Sovereign states are not only responsible for tackling fossil fuel damage, they have to make redress, according to a recent ground-breaking ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ruling makes clear that the court believes states must actively prevent harm to the world’s climate system. States that fail…

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Cambodia is vowing to ‘rid’ the country of scam compounds. But we’ve seen several still operating in the open

Last month, the Cambodian government launched the largest crackdown to date on the online scam industry that has taken root in the country and operated largely in the open.

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The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters

Bonzer. Dinkum. Troppo. We love our distinctive words and phrases.

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A Bermuda stalagmite reveals how the Gulf Stream shifted – and what it might do as the climate changes further

Beneath the subtropical paradise, Bermuda hosts a vast network of caves which contains records of Earth’s climate history. Inside are mineral deposits called speleothems – including stalagmites on the cave floors more than six-foot tall. These grow slowly as water drips down from the cave ceiling, gaining a millimetre every…

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Quantum physics protects videos from prying eyes and tampering

Today's encryption works well, until tomorrow's quantum computers arrive.

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How to talk to your friends about climate action

How often do you chat about climate change? When the weather’s been “a bit crazy”? Maybe with an estranged uncle over Christmas dinner? Recent polling reveals that over half of British adults rarely or never share their opinions about our warming planet.

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By changing our diets now, we can avoid the food chaos that climate change is bringing

Climate change is pushing up the prices of the food that we buy and therefore changing what we eat. One-third of UK food price increases in 2023 resulted from climate change, according to research by agricultural economists. This extra cost contributed to food price inflation and the UK’s cost-of-living crisis.

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Earth's 'oldest' impact crater is much younger than previously thought, new study finds

Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.

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Thousands of games have been censored from major platforms, with LGBTQIA+ creators caught in the crossfire

Online game marketplaces itch.io and Valve’s Steam have recently delisted or completely removed more than 20,000 titles from their storefronts, after not-for-profit group Collective Shout pressured payment processors to change their rules.

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Our DNA analysis of 75,000-year-old bones in Arctic caves reveals how animals responded to changing climates

As the Arctic warms faster than anywhere else on Earth, animals that have evolved to survive the cold face unprecedented challenges. While scientists are learning more about how modern wildlife responds to environmental change, we still know little about how species coped in the past.

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What the world can learn from Korea’s 15th-century rain gauge

Droughts and floods are becoming more frequent and more severe across the globe. The cause is often rain — either too little or too much. The monsoon regions of the world, where societies have weathered cycles of drought and deluge for thousands of years, hold essential lessons about rainwater monitoring…

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Storm Floris: the weather is rarely this windy in August – which makes it more dangerous

Storm Floris made landfall in northern parts of the UK on the morning of Monday August 4 2025, bringing intense rainfall followed by severe winds throughout the afternoon. The Met Office issued an amber weather warning for much of Scotland and yellow alerts for parts of Northern Ireland and northern…

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Binary star systems are complex astronomical objects − a new AI approach could pin down their properties quickly

Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult.

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Economists want a carbon price comeback – but does Australia have the political courage?

Bold economic ideas are flowing ahead of this month’s roundtable convened by the Albanese government, aimed at boosting Australia’s productivity and economy, and repairing the budget. Among the biggest ideas to emerge is: should Australia resurrect its carbon price?

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Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.

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‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty

With more countries looking to explore space, there is a rising hope that space is now more accessible for diverse participants.

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Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is well preserved, making it a hotspot for space research.

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New discovery at CERN could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter

A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter.

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Why the US is letting China win on energy innovation

During the cold war, the US and Soviet Union were locked in a desperate race to develop cutting‑edge technologies like long-range missiles and satellites. Fast forward to today and the frontiers of global technology have pivoted to AI and next‑generation energy.

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