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Protesters against sewage discharges

Environment

Most of England’s sewage systems are overwhelmed, finds analysis

Figures on sewage overflows into rivers and seas in England show that 80 per cent of wastewater systems are regularly working over capacity

When an event occurs, we have various means of measuring how long it lasted, which may be improved by moving and hearing sounds during the event

Health

Hearing noise and moving our body helps us gauge the passing of time

Trees help to ease the 鈥渦rban heat island effect鈥�, which sees temperatures in cities climb higher than in nearby rural areas

Environment

Doubling trees in European cities could prevent thousands of deaths

A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco

Technology

San Francisco is getting cold feet about self-driving car tests

A pneumatic everting robot grows towards a heat source

Technology

Vine-like robot that ‘grows’ towards heat could put out fires

Cows in a field

Life

Smart dairy farms are using AI scanners to monitor cows’ health

Technology

DeepMind AI is as fast as humans at solving previously unseen tasks

Health

US proposes to ease blood donor restrictions on gay and bisexual men

Abell 2256

Space

Galaxy clusters are smashing together to form ‘flaming cosmic narwhal’

Traditional cooperative fishing between Lahille's bottlenose dolphins and artisanal net-casting fishers in Laguna, Brazil. CREDIT Photo by Mauricio Cantor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University.

Life

Dolphins that help humans catch fish are more likely to survive

A 12-year study of an unusual fishing partnership in southern Brazil has calculated the benefits to both humans and bottlenose dolphins

Life

Animals that care for young may have more mutations and evolve faster

Environment

Forests bioengineered to capture more carbon will be planted in the US

Environment

Net-zero aviation needs up to $1 trillion in carbon offsets by 2050

Technology

Microplastics can be recycled to make electrodes for lithium batteries