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Why many low-income households can’t afford this free home improvement program

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Tik Root | 0 Comments

The federal Weatherization Assistance Program is the oldest and largest energy efficiency initiative in American history. Born from the 1973 oil crisis, it helps low- and moderate-income households make a litany of upgrades to their homes, such as installing insulation,…

Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Pallab Ghosh | 0 Comments

From BBC 8 hours ago ShareSave Pallab GhoshGwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer ShareSave Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research…

World’s oldest boomerang doesn’t actually come back

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Helen Briggs | 0 Comments

From BBC 9 hours ago ShareSave Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent•@hbriggs ShareSave Maciej Biernacki The world’s oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time. The tool, which was found in…

River pollution suffocating the sea, campaigners say

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Steffan Messenger | 0 Comments

From BBC 14 hours ago ShareSave Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News Gareth Bryer BBC News ShareSave BBC Pollution from rivers in Wales is affecting the marine environment and “suffocating our sea”, campaigners have warned. WWF Cymru said excess…

India sends its first astronaut into space in 41 years

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Geeta Pandey | 0 Comments

From BBC 15 hours ago ShareSave Geeta Pandey ShareSave Axiom Space Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla,…

Electric cars and heat pumps making progress, UK climate advisers say

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Mark Poynting | 0 Comments

From BBC 3 hours ago ShareSave Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News ShareSave Getty Images More people are buying electric cars and installing heat pumps than ever before, but those numbers need to increase even further, according to the government’s…

Dog-sized dinosaur that ran around feet of giants discovered

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Georgina Rannard | 0 Comments

From BBC 5 hours ago ShareSave Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Reporting fromNatural History Museum, London ShareSave Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC News Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer ShareSave A labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species,…

This burger was made in a lab from cow cells… Should it really be served in restaurants?

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Pallab Ghosh | 0 Comments

From BBC 6 hours ago ShareSave Pallab Ghosh ShareSave BBC Inside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak. The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma. But this is…

Killer whales make kelp tools to ‘massage’ each other

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Victoria Gill | 0 Comments

From BBC 19 hours ago ShareSave Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen “massaging” each other – rubbing pieces of kelp between their bodies. Using drones, researchers filmed the animals selecting and…

First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Ione Wells | 0 Comments

From BBC 9 hours ago ShareSave Ione Wells South America correspondent Georgina Rannard Science correspondent ShareSave NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into…