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Fining firms for sewage spills will get ‘quicker and easier’, says government

Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondentGetty ImagesUnder the new proposals water companies could face automatic fines for some rule breachesFining English water companies for spilling raw sewage...

How living history is being written into rocks | Fossils

Fossilisation is rare. Most living things disappear without trace, recycled back into planet Earth.But in some environments the DNA from living things binds to...

The trailblazer who made history as Nasa’s first woman commander

Rebecca MorelleScience Editor andAlison FrancisSenior Science JournalistTony Jolliffe/ BBC NewsFrom a very young age, Eileen Collins wanted to be an astronaut She's the astronaut...

Experts hail ‘remarkable’ success of electronic implant in restoring sight | Medical research

An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a...

Starwatch: look east to catch the zippy Orionids meteor shower | Astronomy

As seasoned meteor spotters will tell you, each meteor shower has its own peculiar characteristics. Earlier in the month, the Draconids were characterised by...

In praise of the humble seed

Rebecca MorelleScience Editor andAlison FrancisSenior Science JournalistTony Jolliffe/BBC NewsCate Blanchett has teamed up with Kew's Millennium Seed BankShe's a Hollywood A-lister, with a mantelpiece...

Smart jab can shrink head and neck cancer tumours within six weeks, trial finds | Cancer research

Doctors have hailed “incredibly encouraging” trial results that show a triple-action smart jab can shrink tumours in head and neck cancer patients within six...

Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world | Language

When researchers asked people around the world to list every taboo word they could think of, the differences that emerged were revealing. The length...

Chemical linked to low sperm count, obesity and cancer found in dummies, tests find | Children’s health

A chemical linked to impaired sexual development, obesity and cancer has been found in baby dummies manufactured by three big European brands.Dummies made by...

Chinese Nobel prize winning physicist dies aged 103

Chen Ning Yang, Nobel laureate and one of the world's most influential physicists, has died at the age of 103, according to Chinese state...

Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats

A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US succeeded in ending the talks.More than 100...

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