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The sight of a concrete building turning green may strike fear into the hearts of architects or building maintenance managers, but for those at Dutch startup Respyre, it’s a sign of things going ...

A Swiss firm is on track to solve the conundrum of where to site industrial solar farms, by turning railways into power plants. Switzerland needs to boost solar energy output seven-fold by 2035 to ...

“We were ahead of our time,” he says, as boats pass by, carrying gilet-wearing passengers with glasses of wine in their hands. “Everywhere is trying to do this now, make their cities greener.” Nowhere ...

There are no lenses through which the situation in Gaza looks anything but desperate. But for young Palestinian refugees who fled to Egypt, a photography project has offered an outlet to express their ...

1. Blues whales The world’s largest animal, the blue whale, has been spotted in “unprecedented numbers” in the waters around Antarctica – a sign that the critically endangered mammal could be staging ...

We’re launching with a six-part series called Developing Mental Wealth, which uncovers the fascinating ways that communities are dealing with mental health issues in parts of the world where ...

Homeless people to be given cash in UK trial People experiencing homelessness are to be given direct financial support as part of a pioneering UK trial. The government-funded trial is inspired by ...

We can restart our computers with a simple ctrl-alt-delete, but how easy is it to do a full reset on a river? A year on from the completion of a three-year project on the National Trust’s Holnicote ...

She’s not alone; with millions stuck at home and unable to work during the Covid-19 crisis, many turned to hobbies to keep occupied. According to a survey by The Healthy Work Company, a workplace ...

Renewables and EVs are keeping the net zero dream alive, said experts Reaching net zero emissions by 2050 just might be within grasp in the UK, ‘provided the government stays the course’, Climate ...

New test could ‘turn the tide’ on prostate cancer A new at-home saliva test could help identify prostate cancer sooner, giving doctors a better chance of treating the disease successfully. The test ...