Science / Environment / Energy

This Market Business News category includes all of our articles that are related to science or the environment. This includes research projects in science and events that have an impact on the environment (be it beneficial or detrimental). This page is where you will find information on what is happening in the renewable energy industry, news to do with the electric or hybrid vehicle market, and information about electricity consumption, etc.

Human bone remains

Early Britons were cannibals, Gough’s Cave remains suggest

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Ice Age Britons were cannibals, evidence from human remains collected from Gough’s Cave in Cheddar Gorge suggests. Researchers from the Natural History Museum, University...

AGL to close all coal-fired power stations by 2050

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AGL Energy, one of Australia’s leading power generators, said that it will close all existing coal-fired power stations in its portfolio by 2050, a...
Colliding waves

The Earth hums because of ocean waves, not submarines or secret military activity

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For decades scientists have been at a loss to explain why planet Earth hums. French researchers say it is caused by ocean waves colliding....
Galaxy IC 2006

Galaxy death starts at the core and moves outward

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Galaxy death starts when the core stops making new stars, but the outskirts continue star production, says a new release by the ESA/Hubble Information Centre. For...
Glitter cloud for telescopes

Glitter clouds to take images of new worlds in space, NASA

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NASA plans to use clouds of reflective glitter-like particles rather than mirrors to help it find stars and planets beyond our solar system. This...
Human skull cup

Britons ate each other 15,000 years ago, evidence shows

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Britons ate each other, probably as part of mortuary practice about 15,000 years ago, a new study on the human remains from Gough’s Cave in...
Earth collision

Mercury-like planet and Earth collided, and then there was life

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If a Mercury-like planet had not collided with Earth billions of years ago, our planet would probably not have developed a magnetic field, which...
acorn and squirrel

Acorn crops lower and of poorer quality in UK due to climate change

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The quality and quantity of British acorn crops has been affected by global warming, says a new study issued by the Woodland Trust, a conservation charity...
rotting meat sensor

Meat sensor tells you when it is safe or not to eat

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Scientists at MIT have created a cheap, portable sensor that can tell you when meat or fish in your fridge or at the grocery...
universe

100,000 galaxy search for intelligent life finds nothing compelling

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100,000 galaxies have been searched by scientists for signs of super-advanced alien civilizations - they have so far found nothing compelling. However, some galaxies showed unusually...