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A new study finds that lightning kills some 320 million trees around the world each year, more than was previously thought. And that figure could rise…

Across parts of the country this week, nursery workers will don plastic aprons and gloves. With more than 500 confirmed cases of a life-threatening virus in…

The risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international internet traffic is likely to rise amid a spate of incidents in the Baltic…

More than 10,000 children were permanently excluded from England’s state schools last year, alongside record numbers of suspensions involving pupils aged six or younger or with…

In 2017, a game design thinktank called Project Horseshoe gathered a group of developers together to define the concept of cosiness in video games. Games, of…

Why Did Waters Rise So Quickly in the Texas Flash Floods?Flash floods happen when heavy rains unleash more water than the ground can absorb, causing that…

Hospitals are bracing for a fresh round of strikes by resident doctors seeking a 29% pay rise, amid warnings that stoppages could lead to hundreds of…

Three years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, erasing the national right to abortion and paving the way for more than a dozen…

Amber heat alerts have been issued in England as the UK experiences its hottest day of the year so far, with a temperature of 32.2C recorded…