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‘Remarkable’ chance for Scottish students to design tartan for America250
Heriot-Watt University was invited to create a tartan symbolising the historical and cultural ties between Scotland and the United States.
Earth's climate shows record energy imbalance
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that the Earth's climate is more out of balance than at any time …
Environment groups seek to overturn data centre decision
Three environmental groups will seek leave in the High Court to lodge an appeal for a judicial review of a …
Tropical Cyclone Narelle to intensify with Perth a possible target as storm makes rare crossing across continent
Narelle weakens to a tropical low after bringing heavy rain to already-saturated parts of the Northern Territory Follow our Australia …
Iran threatens mass ‘water war’ with strikes on key plants in days, UN official warns
Iran threatens to target desalination and energy infrastructure within days, a U.N. official warns, citing lasting consequences for global markets …
Moment meteor explodes into fireball after scorching through atmosphere at 40,000mph
The incident was caused by a small 6ft asteroid breaking into fragments just before 9am on Tuesday over Olmsted Falls …
Texas woman says meteorite crashed through her roof after loud boom heard over Houston
Many in the Houston area reported hearing a loud boom and seeing green flashes in the sky on Saturday
Colder and wetter weather may bring hail and thunder in ‘big change’ this week
It comes after much of the country enjoyed a balmier sense of spring this past week.
Suspected meteorite crashes into Houston home, officials say
Nasa confirms meteor after residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visibleA suspected meteorite crashed into …
Weather extremes gripping US bear climate crisis ‘fingerprint’, experts say
There are flooding rains in Hawaii, rare snow in Alabama and a severe heatwave in the west coastSign up for …
Mining the deep ocean
Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely.
Woman claims space rock smashed into house after Houston-area blast rattles residents
A Houston-area woman claims a suspected meteorite crashed through her roof after a mysterious boom rattled the region, leaving a …
Never-before-seen photos of Neil Armstrong's near-fatal NASA mission surface 60 years later
Neil Armstrong photos from NASA's 1966 Gemini 8 emergency splashdown near Japan are now public, donated to the Armstrong Air …
Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports amid funding fight, vows arrests of illegal aliens
President Donald Trump warns he will deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports to arrest illegal immigrants if Democrats refuse to …
DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? …
How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it
Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches …
The man who bet against humanity — and lost
On February 9, 1970, Johnny Carson did something that would be unthinkable for a late night host today, or really …
5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combinedThe US-Israel war on …
We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?
This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries.