Innovators have taken a cue from nature to help solve one of washday’s dirty little secrets: microplastics leaching into ...

For a club rooted in non-league football, Macclesfield’s recent FA Cup didn't just connect those on the pitch, but a whole ...

Rare species spotting – of dung beetles, skylarks, adders and others – has become something of a local passion in a village ...

A new law was proposed to crack down on abusive online images The UK government this week revealed a new law that would require tech companies to remove intimate images that have been shared without ...

Swimmers, councils, brands and campaigners are beginning to align around a shared goal – cutting single-use plastic at source ...

A basic income scheme for artists that launched during the pandemic to kickstart Irish culture was made permanent this week. Offering participants a weekly stipend of €325 (£283), the €25m (£21m) ...

Despite the ‘broken Britain’ headlines, violent crime is falling – including knife crime. We meet the people helping make the streets safer ...

Researchers in Australia have developed a dual-purpose paint that tackles rising heat and water scarcity in one stroke ...

Telecom infrastructure at the ocean floor is being harnessed as a powerful conservation tool for vulnerable marine mammals ...

A world-first gene therapy which turns white blood cells into a disease-busting “living drug” has reversed previously untreatable blood cancers, scientists said this week. Great Ormond Street Hospital ...