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Britain was one of just 19 countries where emissions have been reduced and the economy has grown over the last decade.

Benefits claimants will no longer be entitled to a one-off £10 payment to help with Christmas costs under the government's flagship welfare programme. The tax-free payment made to people on certain benefits in the first week of December will be taken away once they are moved onto Universal Credit, the Department ...

New research shows that Teilhardina brandti, a species found in Wyoming, is as old or older than its Asian and European relatives, upending the prevailing hypothesis that Teilhardina first appeared in China.

Named after a tale of a Persian King, Jamsheed has been at the forefront of an Australian natural wine revolution. Ancient writings tell a tale of King Jamsheed, whose fondness for fresh grapes lead him to store grapes in jars over the winter. Throughout this time, the grapes would inevitably ...

Evidence has emerged that increasing numbers of extreme weather events are causing dieback of Arctic plants – or ‘browning’ – across areas within the Arctic Circle

A technique first used by NASA to grow crops in space has been successfully adapted to work on Earth

Since launching in 1994, the National Lottery draw has cemented itself as a staple of British culture. There was even a time when the televised weekly draw pulled in millions of viewers every Saturday night. But despite donating a large portion of their proceeds to good causes, fewer people are ...

Glaciers on Antarctic and Greenland may disappear more quickly despite dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from transport and industry.

The Hate U GiveFilm is a reactive medium, but because it is expensive and time consuming to make it’s also often a slow one. The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013 but this year we seem to have seen a glut of films that feel like they are responding ...