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What do the European Parliament results mean for climate change?

What do the European Parliament results mean for climate change?

28 May 2019

Green parties have made gains in the European Parliament and may become coalition partners. But newly-elected populists are likely to fight climate action


SpaceX’s bright Starlink satellites are upsetting astronomers

SpaceX’s bright Starlink satellites are upsetting astronomers

28 May 2019

SpaceX launched 60 internet satellites last week and their bright appearance has caused concern amongst astronomers, who say plans for 12,000 of them could ruin the night sky


A green monkey

Monkeys use their 'eagle' call to warn each other about drones

27 May 2019

Monkeys in Senegal have learned to adapt to drones flying over their habitat. They use a similar call to when they spot an eagle to alert others


The sea

The oceans are very slowly draining into the rock below Earth's crust

24 May 2019

Ever since the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea, sea water has been flowing deep into the planet, causing sea levels to fall over millions of years


Mountain

Organic matter from space preserved in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks

24 May 2019

Carbon-based chemicals carried to Earth by a meteorite 3.3 billion years ago have been found encased in rock, and may have been crucial to the origin of life


Drone in the sky

Drones flown straight at aircraft to test collision avoidance tech

24 May 2019

A start-up has tested its collision avoidance system by flying drones straight at planes and helicopters over 7000 times —  so far there haven't been any crashes


Great Barrier Reef Blenny (Ecsenius stictus)

The tiniest fish are the most important for healthy coral reefs

23 May 2019

It turns out that tiny fish are crucial to supporting larger animals on and around a healthy coral reef


CCTV camera

The backlash against face recognition has begun – but who will win?

23 May 2019

Face recognition technology is being rolled out across the world, but activists and politicians are starting to push back on creeping surveillance


Walklake scan a pupil

Robots conduct daily health inspections of schoolchildren in China

23 May 2019

Thousands of preschools in China are using robots to give students heath checks. Each morning they examine pupils looking for signs of contagious diseases


Three people in a venn diagram

Polarisation on social media could be reduced with a few simple tweaks

23 May 2019

Once again elections are being battered and political views polarized by far-right propaganda flooding social media – could a simple tweak to online connections help win the information wars?


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