Science

Scientists left giant Arctic fossil behind; 78 years later it set a record

Belgium's biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany

HAUTES FAGNES/BRUSSELS, Aug 16 - Firefighters worked through the night to battle Belgium's biggest wildfire on record, which by Sunday morning had burned 3,000 hectares of land and was heading towards the German border, local authorities…

Block export of ‘national treasure’ UK fossils, says MP

Sale of one of UK’s top collections overseas prompts call new rules to help keep items in country One of UK’s best fossil collections sold in ‘loss to the nation’ An MP has called on ministers to change export controls so that significant…

King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates

New rules could affect nine in 10 rental properties in duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster and at Sandringham King Charles and Prince William could be forced to spend up to £10m upgrading hundreds of rental properties on their private…

Jogging with a purpose: How plogging is quietly cleaning up N.B. trails

John and Phyllis Holmes have picked up more than 9,000 bags of litter from the streets of Hampton, northeast of Saint John, since 2005. Researchers say what they are doing matters more than they know.

Billions of sea stars have died. A Northwest tribe is trying to save the species

Sunflower sea stars are critically endangered in the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this 24-armed creature back from the brink of extinction. (Image credit: Jennifer…

Belgium battles its largest wildfire in modern history

Belgium is battling what has been described as the country's largest wildfire in modern history, forcing hundreds of villagers to evacuate near the German border. Firefighters, EU reinforcements and local farmers are working to contain the…

I gave Tencent’s WeChat AI agent control for 24 hours: where it excelled – and stumbled

Tencent Holdings’ WeChat is already the undisputed super-app for over a billion people in China, handling everything from splitting dinner bills to hailing taxis. Now, Tencent is embedding an artificial intelligence agent named Xiaowei…

Tiny, beautiful species are going missing from restored forests and wetlands

A regrown forest can look tall, lush and green. Restored wetlands can buzz with insects and flutter with birds. But scientists looking more closely are finding that some of their smallest inhabitants — mosses, lichens and algae — are still…

New satellite images show Europe’s disappearing rivers due to drought

Half of Europe’s land is experiencing drought with rivers running low from the Danube to the Rhine.

Europe's shrinking rivers give rise to debate over how to tackle drought

Europe's shrinking rivers are disrupting industry, reducing power generation and intensifying the debate over how to respond to worsening drought. As water levels fall across the continent, authorities and businesses alike are looking for…

Naqvi comes to CDA chairman, Islamabad IG's defence as they draw flak for carriage video showing 'colonial practice'

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday came to the defence of two government officials who drew flak after a video of them riding in a horse carriage during an Independence Day parade in Islamabad went viral on social media. In the…