Waitrose to suspend mackerel sales due to overfishing concerns.

Waitrose, the upscale British supermarket chain, has announced a decisive move to suspend all sales of mackerel products, citing grave concerns over persistent overfishing and the dwindling health of North…

Nasa boss says Boeing Starliner failure one of worst in its history

The "Type A" classification is Nasa’s gravest designation for incidents, reserved for those causing more than $2 million (£1.49 million) in damage, resulting in the loss of a vehicle or…

Avalanches in Europe and the US: Have there been more this winter?

With more than 90 fatalities already recorded this season, a pressing question looms over winter sports enthusiasts and mountain communities alike: are we witnessing an increase in avalanches? The northern…

The family-owned soda firm that stuck to returnable glass bottles

For nearly a century, stretching from the early 1900s until the widespread adoption of plastic packaging in the 1960s, the practice of returning soda bottles was a standard aspect of…

Planetary parade 2026: Six planets visible in night sky

This weekend, observers will have the chance to witness Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune clustered together in the same sector of the sky shortly after sunset. This apparent…

BBC Inside Science – Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began? – BBC Sounds

The core of the discussion revolved around the tantalizing prospect of unlocking the secrets of abiogenesis, the process by which life arose from non-living matter. Scientists have long grappled with…

Thetford dig unearths Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard

The remarkable find emerged last year from a building site a few miles from the historic market town of Thetford. A team from Pre-Construct Archaeology, undertaking routine pre-construction surveys, stumbled…

Patterns on mammoth tusks help to retell history of writing

Researchers have meticulously discerned intricate patterns of meaning embedded in lines, notches, dots, and crosses etched onto various objects, most notably mammoth tusks. These remarkable artifacts, unearthed from ancient caves…

Global temperatures dip in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warn.

Despite a temporary reprieve from the relentless upward climb of global temperatures, 2025 registered a slight dip compared to the preceding year, primarily due to the natural cooling influence of…

Bennu asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists.

A groundbreaking analysis of samples retrieved from the asteroid Bennu has revealed the presence of chemical building blocks crucial for the emergence of life, marking a monumental step in humanity’s…