The world’s most important conference on climate change is this year being hosted by Azerbaijan from November 11 to 22. Global warming. Disappearing plant and animal species. Fertile land turning to desert. Plastic in the oceans, on land, and the air we breathe. These urgent environmental challenges will be in the spotlight over the next … Read more
New social media age limit legislation is set to be introduced before the next election, to protect the mental health and safety of children and young teens — but will it work? The Albanese government announced the proposed ban last week, with the age limit and implementation plan yet to be outlined. Experts worry the … Read more
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars. The international team, co-led by the University of Cambridge, used Webb to observe a galaxy roughly the size of the Milky Way in the early universe, … Read more
Three in four parents have taken steps to help their child make new friends, national poll suggests. Credit: Sara Schultz, University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health Developing friendships is often seen as a natural part of childhood but it may be easier for some kids than others. And … Read more
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Stefani Reynold | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like … Read more
A partial lunar eclipse is seen in Karachi, Pakistan, Oct. 29, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon, all rolled into one. The spectacle will be visible in clear skies across North America and South America Tuesday night and in Africa and Europe Wednesday morning. A partial … Read more
Since Thursday, swathes of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have been hit by high winds and unusually fierce rains. One person has drowned in Poland and four people are missing in the Czech Republic, authorities said Sunday, as Storm Boris lashed central and eastern Europe with torrential rains and flooding. Since Thursday, swathes … Read more
Veterinarian Pollyanna Motinha (R) and a colleague treat Itapira, a young female jaguar whose paws were burned in wildfires in the Pantanal. At a shelter for big cats in Brazil, a vet gingerly dresses wounds on a jaguar that was caught in wildfires raging in the world’s largest tropical wetland. While the animal is expected … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Iran on Saturday blasted a new research satellite into orbit, state media said, in the latest such development for an aerospace program that has long faced Western criticism. “The Chamran-1 research satellite was successfully launched and put into orbit by the Ghaem-100 carrier,” state television said. The satellite, which weighs around … Read more
A widespread theory that the people of Easter Island caused a societal collapse is not true, new research suggests. Two recent studies have cast doubt on a popular theory that the ancient residents of Easter Island suffered a societal collapse because they overexploited their natural resources, an event often labeled one of history’s first “ecocides”. … Read more
