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Life

Grumpy and aggressive shelter cats become more friendly over time

Some animals can develop problematic behaviours the longer they stay in an animal shelter, but cats tend to become friendlier and less aggressive

2E3TB2E Soy plantation in Amazon rainforest near Santarem - deforestation for the agribusiness - economic development creating environmental degradation - isolated Brazil nut trees sentenced to death. Opening of a road where before there was a forest.

Environment

Over 100 countries at COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030

A wave carrying plastic waste

Environment

Ships could clean up the ocean by turning marine plastic into fuel

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alastair Grant/AP/Shutterstock (12581861d) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres during arrivals at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, . The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming Climate COP26 Summit, Glasgow, United Kingdom - 01 Nov 2021

Environment

COP26 news: World leaders give dire warnings on the summit’s first day

laughing couple

Humans

Heart rates synchronise if two people get on well during first date

Curiosity

Space

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover tests new way to search for alien life

Brain implant

Health

Brain implants boost ability to think flexibly and shake anxiety

Robot hand

Technology

Meta’s touch-sensitive robotic skin could form part of the metaverse

Technology

What鈥檚 next now Tesla is worth a trillion dollars?

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Life

Barn owls make mental maps of their surroundings while they are flying

Neurons that help humans make mental maps, called place cells, have now been seen in flying birds for the first time

Technology

Smart scheduling for big computing tasks cuts emissions up to a third

Environment

COP26: Last seven years warmest on record, says UN climate report

Health

Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections

Technology

EU drones could drop life rafts to migrants in the Mediterranean Sea