European Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

PM says he is looking at all options and ministers will examine ‘what is doable’ and the ‘pros and cons’

Europe faces incredibly harsh winters and unrelenting droughts if the vital AMOC ocean current fails – but when disaster will strike and how bad it will be remains uncertain. Now there is an ambitious...

Rising borrowing costs triggered by conflict in Middle East start to impact consumers’ spending power

Top researchers at Aisi, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind report burnout and stress over developing powerful AI

From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with climate plans facing their biggest challenge to date

The museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop.

It is the latest in a series of increasing warnings about the safety threat posed by artificial intelligence.

If you've never heard of a RESP, you're not alone. But if you care about how Britain decarbonises heat, you should...

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

No matter where you’re from, there are things you can do to cope better with extreme temperatures. But it takes work to stop our bodies’ adaptations from slipping backwards over winter, and there are ...

Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches

Due to planning hurdles and financial constraints, the UK hasn't completed building one since 1991. Water supply is a major problem facing the UK, with the Environment Agency estimating we will experi...

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Investigation by Metropolitan Police follows allegations that money wrongly came from an overseas donor

Richard Tice’s call for people to ‘celebrate’ hotter weather comes as farmers warn of one of the worst harvests on record

It is shocking to discover that designating AI data centres as “National Critical Infrastructure” means water companies are prohibited from restricting water to them - even in times of drought. House...

Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down cities

The climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent – and the consequences are deadly

Heat exhaustion and heatstroke can both happen when the body overheats, but they are not the same. Here’s how to spot the difference and what to do.

Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.

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Genomic language model has huge potential to redesign organisms such as bacteria

How the quest to detoxify our household items became charged with anxiety

Exclusive: Controversial grants are part of package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics

The country's life sciences industry generated £146.9bn in turnover in 2023/24, but UK life expectancy has fallen, a new study has found.

Healthcare staff were unable to properly protect themselves, or those in their care, from dangerous infections, says the latest inquiry report.