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.

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Climate change has worsened global economic inequality, Stanford study finds

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Global economic inequality has worsened because of climate change, according to a recent study. Stanford University researchers found that temperature changes over the past several...
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Bird populations in Europe and North America affected by climate change

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Bird populations across Europe and North America are changing because of climate change, with some species experiencing increases while others decline, and many types...
White City the Lost City of the Monkey God

Legendary White City ruins excavation in Honduras underway

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The secrets of the long-rumoured legendary White City (La Cuidad Blanca), speculated since the 16th century to have untold riches, may be on the verge...
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Human bones weakened when hunter-gatherers switched to farming

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Two studies suggest that during human evolution, our bones became weaker when we switched from being hunter-gatherers to farmers, about 12,000 years ago. Both...
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Super powerful electron microscope SuperSTEM 3 is 100 times better than any other

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SuperSTEM 3, the most powerful electron microscope in the world, that can pinpoint the position of single atoms, has been installed at the Engineering...
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Tatooine-like planets with twin sunsets likely widespread

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Tatooine, a fictional desert planet, Star Wars’ Luke Skywalker’s home, has twin sunsets because it exists in a binary star system (solar system with...
55 Cancri e heat map created

First temperature map of super Earth planet 55 Cancri e an ultra hot world

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Scientists have created the first temperature map of a super Earth planet called 55 Cancri e, which is an ultra-hot world with what appears...
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Army ants make complex bridges with their own bodies in tropical forests

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Army ants overcome challenging engineering problems by constructing complex bridges - using their own bodies - to create shortcuts and span gaps in the...
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Giant fen raft spider making a comeback in the UK

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The rare fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius), also known as the great raft spider, is making a comeback in the UK. This semi-aquatic arachnid,...
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Heatwave deaths in London and Paris from man made climate change specified

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The number of deaths in London and Paris from a heatwave in 2003 attributed to man made climate change has been specified by a...