55 h. ago Breakthrough prevention hope for motor neurone disease: Scientists pinpoint potential cause

The exact cause of ALS has long been unknown. But some research suggests it could be down to a complex interplay of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors.

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56 h. ago Machines could now hold babies with children made without biological mothers

Scientists have been able to make a significant breakthrough in fertility as they could create embryos from human skin cells, meaning even robots can become pregnant with our kids

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60 h. ago Scientists make huge Parkinson's breakthrough as they discover 'protein trigger' which causes disease

Scientists have, for the first time, directly visualised the protein clusters in the brain believed to trigger Parkinson's disease/

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2 d. ago Reform war on clean energy will ‘betray’ young people and ‘wreck everything’, Miliband to say

Miliband will use his speech to attack Reform leaders who said they would ‘declare war’ on green energy projects

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2 d. ago Babies could be born WITHOUT biological mothers as scientists create human eggs from skin cells

Experts from Oregon Health & Science University have created fertilizable eggs from human skin cells for the very first time.

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3 d. ago Reform war on clean energy will ‘betray’ young people and ‘wreck everything’, Miliband says

Miliband will use his speech to attack Reform leaders who said they would ‘declare war’ on green energy projects

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3 d. ago Reform will ‘betray’ young people by waging war on clean energy, Miliband to say

Miliband to announce more funding for solar panels on schools and hospitals.

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3 d. ago Scientists fertilise eggs from human skin cells in major pregnancy breakthrough

The findings, researchers said, have “immense therapeutic potential” for people who have no viable eggs or sperm

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3 d. ago Huge fertility breakthrough as scientists create functional eggs from human SKIN cells: 'A step towards helping many women have their own genetic children'

Experts from Oregon Health & Science University have created fertilizable eggs from human skin cells for the very first time.

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3 d. ago Scientists discover new way to fertilise eggs in major pregnancy breakthrough

An emerging process, known as in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), involves reprogramming skin cells to become a type of stem cell

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4 d. ago Toxic waste could be next clean energy breakthrough, scientists say

Researchers says converting waste into high-value ‘bio-carbon’ can help cut emissions, generate profits and boost sustainability

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6 d. ago Hope for MS sufferers over drugs that 'can repair damaged nerves': Scientists say they are on the brink of creating breakthrough treatment

MS causes the body to attack myelin, the protective membrane around nerve cells, causing debilitating symptoms such as fatigue, pain, spasms and problems with walking.

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8 d. ago BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target

Conflict in Ukraine and Middle East as well as trade tariffs are making states focus on energy securityBusiness live – latest updatesBP has raised its forecasts for oil and gas demand, suggesting the global net zero target for 2050 will not be met and highlighting a slowdown in the transition to clean energy.The energy company’s closely watched outlook report has estimated that oil use is on track to hit 83m barrels a day in 2050, a rise of 8% compared with its previous estimate of 77m barrels a day. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on the climate crisis: green energy is booming – but fossil fuels need to shrink too | Editorial

The planet is nearing dangerous limits. Yet progress on clean energy shows what’s possible. With political will, cooperation can still avert the worst of the climate crisisAll is not lost, Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief, told the Guardian last week. But the latest planetary health check from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is a brutal reminder of how close the Earth is being pushed beyond repair. Seven of the nine planetary boundaries are now breached, with ocean acidification added to the danger list. Yet the world has proved that cooperation works: the ozone layer is healing, air pollution controls are working. A decisive test looms at the end of the month, when governments must file new climate pledges, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This is no time to ease off: the fossil-fuel era must end, and the clean‑energy transition must accelerate.There is real concern that big emitters, including China and the EU, will fall short of what is n...

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9 d. ago Scientists make breakthrough that could halt spread of aggressive cancer

Pancreatic cancer has bleak survival rates

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9 d. ago Trump delivered an embarassing performance at the UN general assembly | Mohamad Bazzi

This was Trump unfiltered and unleashed – as he has been since the start of his second term, with no restraint and no need for even the mildest nicetiesFor almost an hour on Tuesday, Donald Trump stood at the podium of the UN general assembly, where presidents, kings and statesmen have delivered some of the most important and moving speeches in modern history. But Trump delivered a long and humiliating rant, filled with personal grievances and attacks on the UN, European leaders, migration policies and clean energy.Trump set a low bar with his often rambling and incoherent campaign speeches, but it was still an embarrassing performance for the US president on the global stage. In his past appearances before the general assembly, Trump generally stuck to his prepared remarks and did not hector US allies sitting in the audience. But this was Trump unfiltered and unleashed – as he has been since the start of his second term, with no domestic or international restraint on his power and ...

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9 d. ago How Trump’s assault on US wind industry threatens jobs and power for nearly 5m homes

US president’s offshore wind crackdown targets nine projects, threatening jobs, homes and the clean energy transitionDonald Trump has jettisoned Republicans’ long-standing “all of the above” approach to energy by using the US government to aggressively stamp out clean energy projects – particularly offshore wind turbines.The scale of the intervention is remarkable – a total of nine already permitted offshore wind projects that were set to provide electricity to nearly 5m households and create around 9,000 jobs in the US are under investigation or have already been paused by the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘A broken system full of criminality and death’: the podcast lifting the lid on what happens to the UK’s rubbish

Turkey’s recycling centres treat vast amounts of the UK’s waste – and rely on refugees who work in conditions so unsafe that hundreds have died. A new podcast uncovers the sinister side of what happens when Brits throw things awayOn his way to a remote industrial zone at the edge of Istanbul, Adnan Khan compares it to something out of Mad Max. Packs of wild dogs roam around desolate wastelands; toxic chemicals spill out into the street, with corrugated metal sheets and “slapdash factories” scattered around. “It’s like a shantytown,” he says.However, once he sets foot inside some of these factories, he reaches for a different cinematic comparison. This time he’s thinking of the torture-horror film Saw, as he witnesses Afghan refugees working and living in conditions that he says fit the UN definition of modern-day slavery. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Essential' radiator job Brits must do now to 'reduce energy bills' this winter

As the colder months approach, Britons are being urged to make sure their radiators are kept clean in a bid to reduce energy bills. Here are six key tips to follow

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2 w. ago Dodo breakthrough as scientists use pigeon DNA to bring extinct bird back from dead

Dodos could return within a decade according to Colossal Biosciences– which also wants to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth and sabre toothed tiger

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