Can conservation succeed by adapting tradition rather than erasing it? In east Africa, Maasai warriors are redefining courage ...

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The sound of progress has rarely been so literal. This week a “life-changing” breakthrough in gene therapy has given people born with genetic hearing loss potential for recovering some of their ...

Communities in England will be given extra powers to take over pubs and other assets threatened with closure under proposed new legislation. Under the English devolution and community empowerment bill ...

“Fine words” that “must now translate into action” – that was Greenpeace’s verdict on the UN Ocean Conference, which wrapped up in Nice last weekend. The summit offered some signs of progress in the ...

An AI-assisted brain scanning tool has been shown to rapidly speed up stroke diagnosis, enabling more than half of patients to recover. That’s according to England’s National Health Service, which is ...

A striking underwater shot of an Atlantic sturgeon swimming free from its cage in Sweden has won an award celebrating rewilding successes in Europe. The juvenile fish was reintroduced to the Göta ...

Workers got a rights boost in the UK, global EV sales hit the fast lane, and Europe’s night train revival gathered pace, plus more good news Workers got a rights boost in the UK Landmark employment ...

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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has brought renewed urgency to the climate solutions campaigners have been pushing for ...

Priced out of stadiums and long shut out of the sport, women, disabled players and minority groups are flooding into ...

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