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Mountain marvel: how one of biggest batteries in Europe uses thousands of gallons of water to stop blackouts

Seconds after a catastrophic series of power outages struck across the UK in the summer of 2019, a phone rang in the control room of the Dinorwig hydropower plant in north Wales.

24/05/2025

Scientists seek to save Florida’s dying reefs with hardy nursery-grown coral

A taskforce of experts looking into the mass bleaching and decline of Florida’s delicate coral reefs is planting more than 1,000 nursery-grown juveniles from the reef-building elkhorn species in a new effort to reverse the tide of destruction.

24/05/2025

California hummingbird beaks transformed by feeders: ‘more tapered and longer’

Which came first: the feeder or the bird? A seemingly straightforward question, but the answer might not be so simple.

23/05/2025

AI could account for nearly half of datacentre power usage ‘by end of year’

Artificial intelligence systems could account for nearly half of datacentre power consumption by the end of this year, analysis has revealed.

22/05/2025

US army spends $1m on anti-snake venom drugs without independent testing

The US army spent nearly $1m (£750,000) last year on anti-snake venom drugs for troops, which evidence suggests may have weak efficacy.

22/05/2025

Scientists solve the mystery of ginger cats – helped by hundreds of cat owners

After decades of mystery, new research has shed light on a question that has long stumped scientists and cat lovers alike – what exactly makes orange cats, well … orange?

22/05/2025

Draining cities dry: the giant tech companies queueing up to build datacentres in drought-hit Latin America

It is a warehouse the size of 12 football pitches that promises to create much-needed jobs and development​ in Caucaia city, north-east Brazil​. But it won’t have shelves stocked with products.

22/05/2025

How an idealistic tree-planting project turned into Kenya’s toxic, thorny nightmare

For his entire life, John Lmakato has lived in Lerata, a village nestled at the foot of Mount Ololokwe in northern Kenya’s Samburu county. “This used to be a treeless land.

22/05/2025

In Taiwan and China, young people turn to AI chatbots for ‘cheaper, easier’ therapy

In the pre-dawn hours, Ann Li’s anxieties felt overwhelming. She’d recently been diagnosed with a serious health problem, and she just wanted to talk to someone about it. But she hadn’t told her family, and all her friends were asleep.

22/05/2025