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‘They poisoned us’: the deadly legacy of nuclear testing
AFP, Published on 22/01/2026
» GENEVA - Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into the deadly legacy.
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.
Trio wins physics Nobel for quantum ‘tunnelling’
AFP, Published on 07/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work on quantum physics in action, the Nobel jury said.
Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution: UN
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» GENEVA - Wildfires are releasing a "witches' brew" of pollutants that can end up wrecking air quality a continent away from the blaze, the UN's weather and climate agency said Friday.
Surging tourism polluting Antarctica, scientists warn
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» SANTIAGO, Chile - Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth’s most pristine environments already threatened by human-driven climate change.
What are all these microplastics doing to our brains?
AFP, Published on 01/08/2025
» PARIS - Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics have been detected accumulating in human brains, but there is not yet enough evidence to say whether this is doing us harm, experts have said.
Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - Eruptions of plasma piling atop one another, solar wind streaming out in exquisite detail -- the closest-ever images of our Sun are a gold mine for scientists.
Venezuela's El Dorado, where gold is currency of the poor
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» EL DORADO — In the Venezuelan mining community of El Dorado, the majority of residents carry around gold instead of cards or cash to pay for groceries.
Global plastic recycling rates 'stagnant' at under 10%: study
AFP, Published on 10/04/2025
» PARIS - The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10 percent with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday.
Ghostly lunar sunsets shot by private lander
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - A private US lander has captured eerie high-definition images of a lunar sunset, which NASA hopes will help unravel the mystery of a strange haze first observed on the Moon in the 1960s.