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Why the price of oil matters more than you might think

And while local oil pipelines have some capacity to serve as an alternate route, they do not have enough - forcing producers in the...

Testing the waters: can pumping chemicals into the ocean help stop global heating? | Pollution

For four days last August, a thick slick of maroon bruised the waters of the Gulf of Maine. The scene, not unlike a toxic...

Taking multivitamin daily could help to slow biological ageing, study suggests | Medical research

Taking a multivitamin every day for two years appears to slow some markers of biological ageing – albeit to a small degree, research suggests.While...

Moss in space: spores survive nine-month ride on outside of ISS | Biology

Matt Damon grew potatoes for survival in The Martian, but researchers say mosses could one day help turn the dust and rocks of other...

First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsGettyThe researchers found evidence of kissing in multiple species Humans do it, monkeys do it, even polar bears do it....

Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists | Neanderthals

From Galápagos albatrosses to polar bears, chimpanzees to orangutans, certain species appear to kiss. Now researchers suggest Neanderthals did it too – and might...

So long, plastic wet wipes

Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondentJonah Fisher/BBCGrant Mitchell from Severn Trent Water says every day 10 tonnes of wet wipes is removed from sewage at Minworth Wastewater...

the fatal toll of plastic revealed

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondentGetty ImagesA seal pup entangled in plastic on a beachScientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion...

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat

Justin Rowlatt,Climate editor and Jessica Cruz,South America producerBBC / Tony JolliffeThe Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to...

These parrots came to Los Angeles as pets – then went wild. Now scientists are unlocking their mysteries | Birds

A morning mist hung over the palm trees as birds chattered and cars roared by on the streets of Pasadena. It was a scene...

Move over açaí – the Amazon has more ‘superfoods’ to offer

Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, BrazilGetty ImagesAçaí is a popular health food sold around the worldIn a lab in a renovated warehouse on...

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