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Just half a degree less global warming would avert food shortage

3 April 2018

Governments are dithering over whether to limit climate change to 1.5°C or 2°C, but it seems the stricter target would avoid food shortages and major economic losses

Refusing to accept GM food is safe is like climate change denial

3 April 2018

Environmentalist Mark Lynas, who once destroyed GM crops and then made headlines by ending his opposition, is stepping up his call for reason to triumph

Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

2 April 2018

Fish and seafood are normally fairly environmentally friendly, but it takes so much fuel to catch some species that their carbon footprint is as big as that of red meat

DNA from another mystery human ancestor lingers in some people

2 April 2018

Some modern Yoruba people in West Africa carry DNA that suggests an ancient species of hominin lingered longer than we thought

Estonia to give genetic testing and advice to 100,000 residents

2 April 2018

Estonia is to become the first nation to give state-sponsored genetic advice on health and disease risks, and plans to extend the scheme to all its residents

Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has finally fallen from the sky

2 April 2018

After two years of spiralling closer and closer to Earth, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has come crashing through the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean

GM worms make a super-silk completely unknown in nature

30 March 2018

Thanks to a spot of genetic hacking, silkworms can make a new form of silk not found in nature that includes a synthetic amino acid. It could be used in medicine

The frogs bouncing back after almost being wiped out by disease

29 March 2018

A few amphibian species in Panama are recovering from near-extinction, after apparently evolving resistance to the deadly chytrid fungus

Far-off black hole appears to be shredding and devouring a star

29 March 2018

We may be watching a supermassive black hole rip a star limb from limb. As it swallows bits of the star, it will release enough energy to stay bright for months