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Don't let deep sea become 'wild west', Guterres tells world leaders 09 Jun 2025 - 01:35 pm
(From L) UN general secretary Antonio Guterres, Costa Rica president Rodrigo Chaves and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend the opening session of the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) on June 9, 2025. (Photo by Laurent Cipriani / AFP)
Man who let snakes bite him 200 times spurs new antivenom hope 08 Jun 2025 - 10:15 am
This undated handout photograph obtained from Centivax on May 30, 2025, shows US' Tim Friede posing with a water cobra. (Photo by CENTIVAX / AFP)
Scientists puzzled by cosmic object sending signals to Earth every 44 minutes 07 Jun 2025 - 11:32 am
Ziteng (Andy) Wang, ICRAR
Fighter pilot takes next giant step for India's space plans 05 Jun 2025 - 02:51 pm
This handout photograph taken on September 12, 2024 and released by private aerospace company Axiom Space shows assigned and backup Ax-4 crew members (L to 2nd R) Shubhanshu Shukla, Tibor Kapu, Gyula Cserenyi (partly obscured), Slawosz Uznanski, and Prasanth Nair reviewing materials during emergency fire training at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. (Photo by AXIOM SPACE / AFP)
World coming up short on promised marine sanctuaries 02 Jun 2025 - 08:02 am
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UN says strong chance average warming will top 1.5C in next 4 years 28 May 2025 - 02:04 pm
Young boys cool off over a leaking water supply pipeline on a hot summer day in Hyderabad, a town of Sindh Province, on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Akram Shahid / AFP)
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet 24 May 2025 - 03:14 pm
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China launches 6 satellites into space 21 May 2025 - 12:03 pm
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David Attenborough urges 'save the oceans' as new film premieres 06 May 2025 - 06:27 pm
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Sidra Medicine study pioneers genome assembly approach for rare disease research  05 May 2025 - 11:53 am
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Cambridge scientists detect organic molecules in atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b 02 May 2025 - 08:58 pm
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Fijian communities reforest land to enhance food and water security 28 Apr 2025 - 05:31 pm
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Coral reefs pushed to brink as bleaching crisis worsens 23 Apr 2025 - 08:22 pm
This handout photo taken on March 12, 2025 and released on March 26 by the Minderoo Foundation shows divers inspecting corals impacted by a bleaching event on the Ningaloo Reef off Australia's west coast. Photo by Violeta J Brosig / Minderoo Foundation / AFP
Strongest 'hints' yet of life detected on distant planet 19 Apr 2025 - 01:58 pm
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Green and yellow pollen slicks hit rivers and bay, sign of climate change 11 Apr 2025 - 10:13 pm
An accumulation of pollen in the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Morgan Jones/Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Bogota ends one year of climate-induced water rationing 11 Apr 2025 - 06:21 pm
A view of the San Rafael Reservoir, a dam that is part of the Chingaza system, which supplies 70% of the water used in Bogotá, in the municipality of La Calera, Cundinamarca department, Colombia, on April 3, 2025. Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP.
World's 'exceptional' heat streak lengthens into March 08 Apr 2025 - 02:41 pm
A traffic policeman uses an air-conditioned helmet to get respite from the heat while working at a road junction on a hot summer day in Chennai on April 8, 2025. Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP
Star-mapping space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement orbit' 27 Mar 2025 - 04:14 pm
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