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A study using turkey tail mushrooms as a natural filtration system has successfully removed E. coli from a polluted river in Devon, England, and the approach is already being put into practice.
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A UK wildlife park has welcomed Sumatran tiger cubs, a significant moment for a critically endangered subspecies with only around 400 individuals left in the wild.
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NASA has been testing new autonomous driving and navigation capabilities for rovers designed to explore the Moon and Mars, bringing crewed and robotic exploration closer together.
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The community of Kuruwitu on Kenya's coast transformed a devastated reef into a thriving marine sanctuary through grassroots conservation — attra…
February 24, 2026Korean researchers developed an 'intelligent protective layer' using thiophene molecules that dynamically guides lithium ions, preventing the dan…
February 25, 2026Baby Myla, born at just 24 weeks weighing 1 pound 5 ounces, was cared for by the same neonatologist who treated her mother as a premature baby at…
February 25, 2026Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a nasal spray vaccine that teaches the lungs to fight virtually any respiratory threat — from corona…
February 26, 2026A goldendoodle abandoned at a Las Vegas airport was rescued, went viral on social media, and found a loving forever home within weeks — proving t…
February 26, 2026Northwestern University engineers have built an electrolyzer that converts waste-derived syngas into ethylene using renewable electricity — 60% m…
February 26, 2026Once down to just 60 individuals, Sardinia's griffon vulture population has exploded to over 500 thanks to feeding stations, lead-free ammunition…
February 26, 2026A community-based approach linking HIV diagnosis directly to treatment and prevention slashed new infections by 70% across rural populations in E…
February 26, 2026Tatyana Thompson, 32, who suffered excruciating pain crises throughout her life and during pregnancy, is now completely cured of sickle cell anem…
February 26, 2026After 17 years of captive breeding, conservationists have successfully reintroduced Panama's iconic golden frogs back into the wild — the first t…
February 25, 2026ElliQ, a proactive AI companion robot designed for older adults, is being distributed free by government programmes in New York, Florida and New …
February 12, 2026In one of the most ambitious ecosystem recovery projects ever attempted, 158 juvenile Floreana giant tortoises have been released onto the Galápa…
February 27, 2026The Welsh Parliament has unanimously passed the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill, a landmark law that will intervene up to six mon…
February 27, 2026Wales has passed a landmark Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill that will provide earlier intervention for people at risk of losing t…
February 27, 2026Punch, a six-month-old macaque abandoned by his mother at a Japanese zoo, became an internet sensation clutching a stuffed orangutan toy for comf…
February 27, 2026The flat-headed cat — an endangered wild feline with distinctive webbed feet adapted for hunting fish — has been spotted in Thailand for the firs…
February 27, 2026Despite years of political instability, Libya has become the 28th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, protecting future gen…
February 27, 2026Halfway through a historic ten-year fishing ban, Asia's longest river is showing a dramatic recovery: fish biomass up 209%, species richness risi…
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