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Gene edited sex selection may spare animal suffering
A gene editing technique may prevent the slaughter of animals not needed by the livestock industry.
UK nowhere near meeting COP26 goals, advisers warn
Ministers are told they must agree tougher policies to get the UK on track to meet goals set at COP26.
Shell pulls out of Cambo oil field development
The oil giant said the economic case for investment in the controversial project was "not strong enough".
New plan to pay farmers who protect winter soil
The empty brown fields of winter countryside could be transformed under new land subsidy rules for England.
Scientists closer to swapping hard drives for DNA
Scientists say they have made a major step forward in storing information in molecules of DNA.
2021 hurricane season was third most active
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season has now officially ended, and it's been the third most active on record.
Are we thinking about alien life all wrong?
Professor Brian Cox explains the ‘panspermia’ theory – how life could spread between planets.
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Gene edited sex selection may spare animal suffering
A gene editing technique may prevent the slaughter of animals not needed by the livestock industry.
UK nowhere near meeting COP26 goals, advisers warn
Ministers are told they must agree tougher policies to get the UK on track to meet goals set at COP26.
Shell pulls out of Cambo oil field development
The oil giant said the economic case for investment in the controversial project was "not strong enough".
New plan to pay farmers who protect winter soil
The empty brown fields of winter countryside could be transformed under new land subsidy rules for England.
Scientists closer to swapping hard drives for DNA
Scientists say they have made a major step forward in storing information in molecules of DNA.
2021 hurricane season was third most active
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season has now officially ended, and it's been the third most active on record.
Are we thinking about alien life all wrong?
Professor Brian Cox explains the ‘panspermia’ theory – how life could spread between planets.
UK nowhere near meeting COP26 goals, advisers warn
Ministers are told they must agree tougher policies to get the UK on track to meet goals set at COP26.
Shell pulls out of Cambo oil field development
The oil giant said the economic case for investment in the controversial project was "not strong enough".
New plan to pay farmers who protect winter soil
The empty brown fields of winter countryside could be transformed under new land subsidy rules for England.
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