The Covid-19 pandemic will “look minor” compared with what humanity faces from the growing number of superbugs resistant to current drugs, Prof Dame Sally Davies,…
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27 new wild swimming sites for England – but are they clean?
England will get dozens of new monitored bathing sites, the government said on Monday, in the largest ever expansion of wild swimming areas. Twenty-seven new…
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Hope for rare mountain chicken frog thanks to London-bred froglets
The frog is one of the largest in the world, and can grow up to 1kg (2.2lb) in weight according to the Zoological Society of…
View More Hope for rare mountain chicken frog thanks to London-bred frogletsAstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is no more – but its remarkable success must not be forgotten | Robin McKie
Last week’s announcement that AstraZeneca would no longer market its Covid vaccine brings an end to one of the century’s most remarkable medical stories. Created…
View More AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is no more – but its remarkable success must not be forgotten | Robin McKie‘A world first’: project recycles polyester into yarn for new clothes
Football shirts, sports event banners and uniforms are piled up ready to be pumped into a machine which melts them down for recycling ready to…
View More ‘A world first’: project recycles polyester into yarn for new clothesMinisters consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet
Ministers are considering plans to weaken the UK’s carbon-cutting plans by allowing the unused portion of the last carbon budget to be carried over to…
View More Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meetCountry diary: A springtime mudbath for this herd of deer | Ed Douglas
If you want an intimate encounter with Britain’s largest land mammal, then the moors above Sheffield are the place to go. Walking up through deep…
View More Country diary: A springtime mudbath for this herd of deer | Ed DouglasBrutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like
Global heating is likely to soar past internationally agreed limits, according to a Guardian survey of hundreds of leading climate experts, bringing catastrophic heatwaves, floods…
View More Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look likeNorthern lights dazzle over UK, Europe and across the hemisphere
The aurora borealis has lit up the night sky with rare sightings across the UK, Europe and the northern hemisphere. The northern lights were spotted…
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Island fights back grey squirrel invasion
For a decade only native red squirrels lived on Wales’ Anglesey island, following a massive cull of their invasive grey cousins. But now the greys…
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