China’s embrace of renewables has tipped its emissions into reverse, with some experts predicting the country’s CO2 output could be entering a period of structural decline. According to analysis by ...

An ambitious programme combines solar power with mobile connectivity to revolutionise the prospects for people living in rural India Imagine this. You’re living in a remote rural hamlet in the ...

Part of an old turbine has been transformed into a house in a bid to prove that these structures can have a meaningful second life You might be blown away to know that the tiny house pictured used to ...

Curious diners have been packing out the Shoreditch eaterie to sample a menu packed with ‘layers of flavour and texture’ A tick bite almost ended visionary chef Kirk Haworth’s stellar career – but now ...

For over 30 years, Living Paintings has been helping blind and visually impaired people enjoy art through touch and sound. Here, we explore the hard work involved in adapting a two-dimensional book ...

The new instrument’s sound has been described as haunting, metallic and funereal A Ukrainian composer has crafted a pitch perfect message of hope and defiance by turning a Russian missile into a ...

As the climate crisis came into tragic focus in Los Angeles this week, environmentalists cautiously welcomed a new ban on offshore drilling along much of the US coastline. The last-minute climate ...

Spain moved to tackle fake news, US climate activists claimed a win, and two species made ‘epic’ comebacks, plus more good news The Spanish government got tough on fake news Spain is cracking down on ...

People experiencing homelessness are to be given direct financial support as part of a pioneering UK trial. The government-funded trial is inspired by similar schemes in Mexico and Canada, where cash ...

A year after completion, an innovative UK river ‘reset’ project has been hailed a success. It could provide a template for tackling some of the impacts of more extreme weather events We can restart ...

It’s not even a book but a very short essay by Richard Feynman, the Nobel prize-winning physicist, called The Value of Science. You can get it online and it’s free – it’s about three pages long. It ...

Coal. It powered the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain. So it was hugely symbolic this week when the UK became the first advanced economy to quit the black stuff. Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the ...