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‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement

The manically melodic song of the nightingale is a rare sound in Britain these days, but not at Maple Farm. Four years ago, a single bird could be heard at this secluded spot in rural Surrey; this summer, they were everywhere.

25/11/2025 The Guardian

The simple method that could revolutionise how brain tumours are treated

A new method that could transform how aggressive brain cancers are treated has been developed by researchers.

24/11/2025 The Independent

Thousands of oysters are being re-introduced to Dublin Bay as nature’s super water cleaners

For over 200 years, native oysters () have been absent in Dublin Bay. Once abundant along the Irish coast, they thrived in the sheltered estuaries and tidal flats that shaped the city’s maritime life.

21/11/2025 The Conversation

Cloth nappies can inspire a feelgood factor that is the secret of long-term behaviour change

Among the online community of #ClothBumMums, once mothers worked out their daily systems a joyful transformation occurred.

19/11/2025 The Conversation

Chinese scientists find way to make rubber and plastic without having to rely on fossil fuel

Chinese scientists have developed a new method to directly manufacture rubber and plastic from a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases, an advance that could reduce industrial reliance on fossil fuels.

19/11/2025 The Independent

Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’

The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the health and happiness of their citizens by prioritising environmental conservation and sustainable economic growth, according to the prime minister of Bhutan,…

18/11/2025 The Guardian

Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy

It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution.

17/11/2025 The New Yorker

Shipping has a big carbon footprint. Can this lo-fi solution shrink it?

A British startup claims to have a carbon capture method that sucks up most of a ship’s emissions. The challenge is scaling it

17/11/2025 Positive News

‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution

It began in the small Catalan town of Taradell as a plan to provide local people with allotments where they could grow their own food.

14/11/2025 The Guardian

Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities

When darkness came, so did the smoke. Hamna Silima Nyange, like half of the 2 million people in Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, did not have a house connected to the electricity grid.

13/11/2025 The Independent

Biovac starts trials on South Africa's first domestically developed cholera vaccine

Researchers in South Africa have launched clinical trials for the first vaccine developed entirely in the country

11/11/2025 The Independent

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