Plans to cool the Earth by blocking sunlight are gaining momentum, but critical voices risk being excluded
Solar geoengineering research is advancing fast, after a recent flurry of funding announcements. Yet these technologies are still speculative and have many critics, and we worry their concerns won't be heard. If geoengineering is essentially allowed to self-regulate, with no
Changing climate could increase mobility of toxic metals in soils, experimental study shows
The changes scientists expect in the climate could cause toxic metals naturally occurring in soils to become more mobile, destabilize ecosystems and increasingly enter the human food chain via agriculture. Such scenarios are particularly likely to occur in slightly acidic
How Trump's challenges to the 2020 election unfolded in the courtroom
After Donald Trump claimed victory in the early morning hours after election night in 2020, his campaign and supporters turned to the courts to make that claim a reality.
What's a 'red' and 'blue mirage,' and how election night vote counts make it hard to tell who will win
Once the last voter casts their ballot in a state and the polls close, the process of revealing the winner begins.
US election results: When can we expect the final outcome?
As the US election approaches, we take a closer look at how the results will be processed and the potential timeline.
One journalist killed every four days in 2022-23, most cases unpunished: UN
UNESCO reports a 38 percent increase in journalist deaths and urges governments to stop impunity.
Terrified, starving, crushed: The agonising death of my grandfather in Gaza
My grandfather survived the first Nakba in 1948; he didn’t make it to the end of the second - this war waged by Israel.
Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza
Employees say 'Israel must be held to account for its actions' and that failing to do so dehumanises Palestinians.
Final phase for polio vaccinations resumes in northern Gaza
The third and final phase of polio vaccinations is underway in the northern Gaza strip after being postponed due to a lack of access and safety concerns, UNICEF announced on Friday.
Russia's former president warns US that Moscow would 'cross a line' over nuclear arms
Moscow has warned the US it should take Russia's nuclear warnings seriously to avoid World War Three. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's security council and
'I heard this yell': Shark bites off leg of surfer, 61 – but he manages to swim back to shore
A man's leg has been completely severed below the knee after he was attacked by a shark while surfing in the Hawaiian waters of Maui.The 61-year-old
'We left the club and lines of soldiers were pointing guns': The musicians fighting back in war zones
"You either hold a weapon or you hold a guitar," says Raji El-Jaru, Gaza's biggest rockstar.Months before war broke out last year, hundreds of people packed
Who will win the US election? Follow the latest polls and play our game to predict who you think will win
The presidential election on 5 November is set to be the tightest race since at least 2000.
