Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’
A large group of ozone depleting chemicals were responsible – primarily CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons – that were used as refrigerants. Every country agreed, in 1987,…
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Roborock’s Robot Vacuums—Including WIRED’s Top Pick—Are on Sale Right Now
We’ve tested a lot of great robot vacuums here at WIRED, but the Roborock Q5 Pro+ has held the top spot in our Best Robot…
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Tesla Autopilot Was Uniquely Risky—and May Still Be
A federal report published today found that Tesla’s Autopilot system was involved in at least 13 fatal crashes in which drivers misused the system in…
View More Tesla Autopilot Was Uniquely Risky—and May Still BeTesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says
US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been…
View More Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator saysUN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’
A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to prevent some of the environmental damage and human rights abuses associated…
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Doctors have begun trialling in hundreds of patients the world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma, as experts hailed its “gamechanging” potential to permanently…
View More ‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialledBritish succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wild
A furious row has blown up in the UK’s leading succulent society over the practice of taking desirable specimens from the wild, with the chair…
View More British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wildExotic spiders flourishing in Britain as new jumping species found in Cornwall
Some are small and jumpy; others are large and intimidating – if you’re a humble housefly. Exotic spiders are flourishing in Britain as international trade…
View More Exotic spiders flourishing in Britain as new jumping species found in CornwallHow the overseas owners of the UK’s water companies clean up by polluting our rivers | George Monbiot
So that’s how they do it. I’d been wondering how, when more sewage has been entering our rivers than ever before, some of the water…
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The EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is enacted in partnership with farmers, a group of leading scientists has said, after months…
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