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The government has defied gloomy price expectations for its latest auction for offshore wind capacity. The worry a few months ago was that bill payers would…

The rising cost of living and a lack of access to contraception have driven another rise in abortion rates in England and Wales, providers and doctors…

A make-or-break auction for the UK government’s goal to create a clean electricity system by 2030 has awarded subsidy contracts to enough offshore windfarms to power…

January 13, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm2025 Wasn’t the Hottest Year on Record. Earth Is Still Barreling to the Climate BrinkGlobal warming surpassed…

Last year was the third-hottest on record, scientists have said, with mounting fossil fuel pollution behind “exceptional” temperatures.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said 2025 had continued…

The University of California, San Diego, pictured here, is one of 10 UC system institutions. Laser1987/iStock/Getty Images The University of California system reached record enrollment this…

Are mom-and-pop stores going bankrupt at historically high levels? That would seem to be the impression you’d get from recent news reports referencing data released from…

The world’s oceans absorbed colossal amounts of heat in 2025, setting yet another new record and fuelling more extreme weather, scientists have reported.More than 90% of…

The oceans just keep getting hotter. According to new research from dozens of international scientists published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences early on Friday, the world’s…

January 8, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThis Newly Discovered Asteroid, Almost Half a Mile Wide, Just Set a New Speed RecordA giant asteroid…