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Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn't know about sharks
12+ min ago (1309+ words) Humans have more in common with these elite ocean predators than often thought. A little Miles Davis anyone? Sharks are among the Earth's original vertebrate predators. They (or their close ancestors) survived all five of Earth's major mass extinctions – including…...
UK weather: no widespread rain in forecast as heatwave continues
21+ hour, 11+ min ago (913+ words) Heatwave conditions are set continue in many areas of the UK over the next few days - with some parts on course to have gone almost a month without any measurable wet weather. Large swathes of England have so far recorded…...
Call to display Rutland Sea Dragon fossil rejected
15+ hour, 37+ min ago (371+ words) A council has rejected calls to reconsider its decision not to display a huge fossil which was found beside a reservoir The Rutland Sea Dragon - a 180-million-year-old ichthyosaur - made headlines when it was unveiled in 2021 as the largest and most…...
Work begins on 'nationally significant' Golden Valley, Cheltenham
15+ hour, 57+ min ago (392+ words) Work has begun to build a £1bn cyber and technology campus that it is hoped will create about 12,000 new jobs in a town. Plans for Golden Valley in Cheltenham, which has been called a "Silicon Valley" for the area, received approval…...
Endon High School Lego team wins global award in South Korea
18+ hour, 24+ min ago (384+ words) A group of teenagers have won an international award while representing the UK at a Lego robotics competition. Malachi, Owen, Owen, James and Harry - Year 10 students at Endon High School in Staffordshire - won the First Lego League UK national final…...
More days above 30C this summer than in 1976, Reading Uni finds
19+ hour, 37+ min ago (388+ words) More days have reached at least 30C this summer than in 1976, previously the benchmark for hot summers, meteorologists have said. Reading University's Atmospheric Observatory said 15 days this year have hit highs of 30C compared to the 14 days it recorded 50 years ago. It…...
Work to protect adders, slow worms and lizards at Lochar Moss
19+ hour, 51+ min ago (481+ words) Adders, slow worms and common lizards will be the focus of protection efforts during a major peatland restoration project near Dumfries. New shelters known as hibernacula are being created using peat, tree material and brash to provide safe overwintering areas....
Hot weather sparks severe wildfire warnings in the South East
22+ hour, 17+ min ago (341+ words) Parts of south-east England have been warned that wildfires have an "exceptional" chance of becoming severe due to the hot weather. Natural England says the "exceptional" rating, the highest on its Fire Severity Index (FSI), is in place for Bognor…...
'At risk of horrific contamination': The Soviet nuclear submarine wreck that is a 'ticking time bomb"
23+ hour, 16+ min ago (613+ words) In 1989, the Komsomolets sank off the Norwegian coast. Four years later, the BBC reported on plans to seal in its torpedoes' toxic plutonium. "Komsomolets is a time bomb ticking away at the bottom of the Norwegian Sea. "And unless something…...
BBC Audio | The Global Story | The air conditioning culture wars
1+ day, 14+ min ago (103+ words) A series of record-breaking heatwaves in Europe this summer has led to a surge in demand for air conditioning units. As Europeans search for a way to stay cool, attitudes and policies towards air conditioning have led to a heated…...