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Successive governments have failed to prepare the UK for extreme heat, the climate watchdog says. Source link

If wind-assisted cargo ships chose routes based entirely on where the winds are better, their fuel use could be cut in half or even completely eliminated Source link

There are fewer than 400 of Sumatran tigers left in the wild, according to the park. Source link

Robots are becoming more a part of our lives every year, and worries about a robot army rising up have long plagued the technology. But columnist Annalee Newitz talks to nanobot researchers and finds out the real robot army could be a welcome solution to medical or environmental problems Source link

Water vole numbers nationally are in free fall, with more than 90 per cent lost since the 1970s. Source link

Cambridge Science Park submits plans which could create 20,000 jobs and new public spaces. Source link

Researchers hope the project will also help to identify barriers preventing hedgehogs from finding food and mates in the wild. Source link

Scientists recently gathered for a conference called Love, Actually and in Theory, but didn’t settle on a definition of the topic at hand Source link

A little-known strain of Ebola virus is behind an ongoing health emergency, prompting researchers to call for the acceleration of vaccine candidates against such infections Source link

Inside some very special black holes, there may be a boundary called a Cauchy horizon. Columnist Leah Crane explores the place beyond which physics breaks and anything is possible Source link