In this mini series, we explore how UK fathers are more involved with their children than ever before – and how everyone stands to benefit ...

Loopholes mean the energy you’re buying may not be as clean as claimed. New standards are designed to filter the green from the greenwash Here’s the good news: the UK’s electricity supply is the ...

Trees offered a welcome ‘climate surprise’, AI boosted cancer detection rates, and a bird fluttered back from the brink, plus more good news AI is boosting cancer detection rates in England An ...

The world’s largest animal, the blue whale, has been spotted in “unprecedented numbers” in the waters around Antarctica – a sign that the critically endangered mammal could be staging a comeback. A ...

Taking inspiration from nature, scientists have tracked down a road surface material that repairs itself Potholes. They’re the scourge of motorists and a potentially lethal hazard to cyclists, but a ...

London, Paris, Milan ... and now Oswestry, Shropshire, where a pioneering shared wardrobe scheme means you can visit the library and leave with a fresh outfit Lizzie Dibble is hopeful that her clothes ...

It absorbs CO2, filters out pollution, supports wildlife and looks great. Now one Dutch startup is using moss to coat concrete buildings The sight of a concrete building turning green may strike fear ...

Forest schools are experiencing a surge in growth as children reconnect with nature and the outdoors in the wake of stifling pandemic lockdowns Of 200 UK schools surveyed by the Forest School ...

As megadroughts grip countries across the globe, politicians are flocking to a tiny, desert-locked African city to learn the secret to its circular water supply Namibia is the driest country in ...

An ambitious programme combines solar power with mobile connectivity to revolutionise the prospects for people living in rural India Imagine this. You’re living in a remote rural hamlet in the ...

Coal. It powered the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain. So it was hugely symbolic this week when the UK became the first advanced economy to quit the black stuff. Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the ...

The UK is one of the biggest producers of e-waste in the world. Can ‘fixing factories’ help turn the tide? Campaigners think so – and want to open one on every high street The UK’s factories were the ...