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BBC Inside Science – How do you turn facial expressions into music? – BBC Sounds
Hands on with the new research at this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition Source link
Read More »Jeff Bezos-backed $88m methane satellite missing in space
Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter, BBC News Karol Serewis/Getty Images Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas produced from oil and gas production, farming and landfill An $88m satellite designed to detect releases of the planet-warming gas methane from oil and gas production, has been lost in space in a major setback for climate efforts. The MethaneSat satellite which had …
Read More »Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by a DNA bone test
Liverpool John Moores University. Nature Tests on the skull could give new insights into ancient history A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation. An analysis of his skeleton shows he was 60 years old and possibly worked as a …
Read More »Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by a DNA bone test
Liverpool John Moores University. Nature Tests on the skull could give new insights into ancient history A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation. An analysis of his skeleton shows he was 60 years old and possibly worked as a …
Read More »Recent droughts are ‘slow-moving global catastrophe’ – UN report
Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter Getty Images Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by climate change, according to a UN-backed report. Describing drought as a “silent killer” which …
Read More »Recent droughts are ‘slow-moving global catastrophe’ – UN report
Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter Getty Images Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by climate change, according to a UN-backed report. Describing drought as a “silent killer” which …
Read More »UK dry weather 2025: Will there be a drought where I live?
Mark Poynting, Jess Carr and Phil Leake BBC Climate and Verify data journalism teams Getty Images Many reservoirs in northern England, like Lindley Wood in Yorkshire, have hit extremely low levels If you live in north-west England or Yorkshire, you are already in an official state of drought, the Environment Agency says, and people living in other English regions could …
Read More »How unusual is this UK heat and is climate change to blame?
Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News Getty Images A second spell of temperatures well over 30C before we’ve even got to the end of June – how unusual is this and how much is climate change to blame? Temperatures of 34C are possible on Monday or Tuesday in south-east England. They’ve been triggered by an area of high pressure getting …
Read More »Tuvalu: One in three citizens apply for climate change visa
Getty Images Tuvalu is the world’s second lowest-lying country More than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Opening for the first intake on 16 June, the influx of registrations could indicate that programme will be hugely oversubscribed, with only 280 visas awarded to …
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