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Flight attendants and pilots have highest risk of dying from radiation-linked cancers, study says

Commercial pilots and flight attendants face higher odds of dying from radiation-linked cancers than hundreds of other professions, a landmark study suggests. Researchers point to high-altitude cosmic rays, raising calls for better…

Trump administration to rescind rule protecting old growth forests

Almost 45m acres of national forests could be potentially opened to road construction, drilling and logging The Trump administration said on Tuesday it plans to rescind the “roadless rule” that has protected old growth forests in the US…

Solar-powered backpacks to save endangered monarch butterflies in California

Scientists are using tiny solar-powered devices to track endangered monarch butterflies. Researchers are studying how these butterflies use their overwintering habitats and nectar sources. The migratory monarch butterfly was listed as…

ASUU Is Misrepresenting Facts—KASU VC

Vice Chancellor of Kaduna State University(KASU), Prof Abdullahi Ibrahim Musa, has refuted the claims of the university’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), that 200 lecturers have resigned due to poor working…

Our Milky Way galaxy gobbled up a smaller galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago, scientists find

Scientists observing clusters of stars congregated near the Milky Way's centre have discovered evidence that our galaxy swallowed a smaller galaxy roughly 11.8 billion years ago, when the universe was less than 15 per cent of its current…

Nigeria: Deji Adeyanju Writes Tinubu Over Abuja Flooding, Says Threat to Capital

[Vanguard] Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu over flooding in Abuja, which has become a threat to the nation's capital.

Why climate scientists are struggling to explain Europe’s extreme summer

Europe’s relentless summer heat has raised fresh questions about what is driving repeated extremes across the continent and whether exceptional summers could become the norm.

Firefighters in 'decisive' push to encircle Belgian wildfire

Belgian firefighters are working to contain the country’s largest wildfire in a century, which has burned about 3,000 hectares of the High Fens nature reserve.

BMKG warning prompts early wildfire prevention efforts: minister

Indonesia's Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni said early warning system from the Meteorology, ...

"There Is Oil, but We Don't Know How Much," Petrobras President Says about Amazon Basin Discovery

Petrobras confirmed the discovery of oil in the Morpho well, in the mouth of the Amazon basin, off the coast of Amap�. "There is oil and there is a discovery; we still don't know how much, but we are extremely optimistic about what we are…

Heavy rain forecast will not reverse widespread drought conditions in UK

Forecasters say intense showers might cause flooding as rain falls on dry, hard ground Floods and drought could hit the UK at the same time this week, with heavy rain forecast to fall on hard, parched soil. While some parts of the UK will…