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Jeff Bezos rocket malfunctions on trip to space
Technology13 September 2022

Jeff Bezos rocket malfunctions on trip to space

The New Shepard rocket and capsule system developed by US billionaire Jeff Bezos has had to abort a mission mid-flight over the Texas desert. The rocket experienced what appeared to be a propulsion failure about one minute after leaving the launch pa...

Charles will not cool on climate action, say friends
Technology13 September 2022

Charles will not cool on climate action, say friends

PA Archive Will King Charles III turn his back on a lifetime of environmental campaigning? As Prince of Wales he spent decades campaigning, cajoling, and convening meetings to drive action on environmental issues. As king he is subject to different r...

Bezos rocket malfunctions on trip to space
Technology12 September 2022

Bezos rocket malfunctions on trip to space

The New Shepard rocket and capsule system developed by US billionaire Jeff Bezos has had to abort a mission mid-flight over the Texas desert. The rocket experienced what appeared to be a propulsion failure about one minute after leaving the launch pa...

Ukraine war: Shock and joy in newly liberated villages
Trending12 September 2022

Ukraine war: Shock and joy in newly liberated villages

Natalia's face lights up as she recalls the moment of her liberation - when the hated occupiers were forced from her village, Novovoznesenske, in the southern region of Kherson. She farmed there in peace and quiet until the Russians arrived on 29 Mar...

Climate change: Europe's warm summer shatters records
Technology8 September 2022

Climate change: Europe's warm summer shatters records

Getty ImagesThis summer was the hottest on record in Europe, according to data from EU satellite monitoring. A series of extreme heatwaves and a long running drought saw June, July and August shatter the previous high mark for temperature.The Coperni...

PM will explore energy market reform to cut bills
Technology8 September 2022

PM will explore energy market reform to cut bills

Getty ImagesThe government plans to move nuclear and renewable electricity generators to lower price contracts to cut bills, Prime Minister Liz Truss has said."Renewable and nuclear generators will move on to contracts for difference, to end the situ...

Chimps show off their 'signature' drum beats
Technology7 September 2022

Chimps show off their 'signature' drum beats

A Soldati Wild chimpanzees have their own "signature drumming style" according to scientists. Researchers who followed and studied chimps in the Ugandan rainforest found that the animals drum out messages to one another on tree roots. The scientists ...

Earliest evidence of amputation found in Indonesia cave
Technology7 September 2022

Earliest evidence of amputation found in Indonesia cave

Tim MaloneyThe earliest evidence ever of surgical amputation has been discovered in an Indonesian cave.Researchers found the buried 31,000-year-old body of a young person that shows evidence of leg amputation.The find pushes back the origin of this c...

Fresh wave of sewage pollution hits Britain's beaches
Technology7 September 2022

Fresh wave of sewage pollution hits Britain's beaches

Science Photo LibraryPollution warnings are in place for more than 100 British beaches after untreated sewage was discharged into the sea.The warnings appear on the Safer Seas and Rivers Service, run by the charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), and a...

Frozen Planet II returns with live footage of avalanche
Technology6 September 2022

Frozen Planet II returns with live footage of avalanche

Justin HofmanHigh-speed drones whizz along an avalanche's deadly wall of tumbling snow, rare Siberian tigers hunt hibernating prey, and microscopes capture ice breaking. More than a decade on from the first series, Frozen Planet II returns, using new...

Artemis: Nasa's Moon rocket will need leak repair
Technology4 September 2022

Artemis: Nasa's Moon rocket will need leak repair

C.HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA The launch of Nasa's new Artemis I Moon rocket is facing a potentially lengthy delay after a second postponement. Controllers tried and failed again on Saturday to get the Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle to lift off. They ...

Nasa: Artemis Moon rocket to make second launch attempt
Technology3 September 2022

Nasa: Artemis Moon rocket to make second launch attempt

The US space agency will attempt once again in the coming hours to launch its most powerful ever rocket. Nasa was thwarted by a mix of technical and weather woes when it tried to get the Artemis I Moon mission off Earth on Monday. But the mood remain...

How Pakistan floods are linked to climate change
Technology2 September 2022

How Pakistan floods are linked to climate change

Getty ImagesThe devastating floods in Pakistan are a "wake-up call" to the world on the threats of climate change, experts have said. The record-breaking rain would devastate any country, not just poorer nations, one climate scientist has told BBC Ne...