SCIENCE

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday insisted he was "not slowing down efforts" to tackle climate change, a day after softening green policies aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

A World Weather Attribution report declares that human-induced climate change caused Libya to be 50 times more likely to experience an extreme weather event.

Only weeks after the UK secured an agreement with the European Union on its association with Horizon, did the nation announce this £1.7 Million joint research project.

The warning comes as London sees record temperatures and extremely hot days.

Scientists have found a planet that boasts carbon dioxide and methane. It is thought that the K2-18b planet has the means to support extra-terrestrial life.

Only a few countries now have the technological capabilities to conduct deep-sea explorations. The success of the Samudrayaan mission may give India a ticket to the "elite blue club" that includes nations like the U.S., France and China.

Biographer Walter Isaacson has made several wild revelations about Musk.

Among 95 per cent of surveyed space organisations facing skills challenges, 37 per cent lack software and data analysis experts and 21 per cent specifically require AI and machine learning skills above other needs.

Colonies of South American fire ants have been discovered near the city of Syracuse in Sicily.

Britain has ended nearly two years of logjam in scientific collaboration by rejoining the Horizon Europe programme which drew applause from UK researchers and SMEs.

These models of human embryos could have various uses in medical research.

Eight people died due to fierce storms and floods that battered Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria this Tuesday. The strong current swept cars and other vehicles into the sea, and the floods turned the roads into rivers.

Thanks to recent advances in synthetic biology, plant-based, biodegradable plastics are no longer the stuff of science fiction.

These invasive insects are already wreaking havoc in Europe and predominately in the UK, as nests have been found in East Sussex, Kent, Devon and Dorset.

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unprecedented details about supernova SN 1987A.

A reported 39 participants still continued to play a musical instrument at the age of 82 and approximately two-thirds reported that they had played the piano as a child.

Countries like China, India, Russia and the U.S. are strong contenders in the space race for extraterrestrial resources.