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Lithium-ion High-voltage Battery Component for Electric Vehicle or Hybrid Car. Battery Module for Automotive Industry on Production Line. High Capacity Battery on Conveyor.

What will batteries of the future be made of? Four scientists discuss the options – podcast

August 18, 2025

Nigeria’s Maroko eviction remembered: a brutal legacy lives on

August 12, 2025

Summer Solstice at Avebury

Could trees know when the summer solstice is?

August 8, 2025

Cowboy roping calves during spring round up on a Texas ranch.

A flesh-eating fly is spreading north to the US. It could devastate livestock farming if not controlled

August 5, 2025

The government wants local authorities to embrace AI – here’s one way it could work in practice

July 25, 2025

US approves twice-yearly injection for HIV prevention – what you need to know about lenacapavir

July 1, 2025

Ten years after the Modern Slavery Act, why has this ‘world-leading’ legislation had so little impact?

March 27, 2025

An anti AfD protest with people carrying banners in Germany

How should Labour and the Tories respond to the populist right? Lessons from Europe

March 7, 2025

A photo of a drainage ditch which runs through a field in rural Somerset. The Bristol Channel headland of Brean Down can be seen in the background.

Ditches and canals are a big, yet overlooked, source of greenhouse gas emissions – new study

A yellow car with 007 written on it

James Bond is now controlled by Amazon – the franchise’s history holds clues to the future of 007

February 24, 2025