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wildfire on July 21, 2026 in Cotignac, France

Environment

Rapid climate change brings wildfire threat to new corners of Europe

Scorching conditions this year have triggered wildfires in European countries that are normally considered to be damp and cool

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Life

Pygmy raccoons teach each other to make toys out of paper and sand

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little red dot galaxies recorded by JWST

Space

‘Not-quite primordial’ black holes may explain baffling JWST discovery

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Saturn as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on 29 August 2025. The black arrows mark the position of the decagon

Space

Saturn has a big, weird decagon around its south pole

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Space

Venus may have had a moon for nearly 2 billion years

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Deep Fission Parsons site

Environment

A nuclear reactor is being installed a mile underground in Kansas

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Abstract background image with lights and shade

Physics

Groundbreaking laser of ghostly particles may be impossible to build

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Environment

Can we really reverse global warming after overshooting 1.5°C?

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Physics

The first signs of dark matter particles may finally have been spotted

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Environment

The UK just had its hottest summer ever 

The average temperature in the UK in June, July and August 2026 has eclipsed the record set in summer 2025, and the record-breaking heat was made 130 times more likely by human-caused climate change 

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Environment

Mountain warming means there will be more disasters like the Nepal flood

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Life

Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predator

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Space

NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch

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Space

Fastest star ever spotted at the centre of our galaxy

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