Workers at a UK fast food chain have become the latest allies in the fight against child exploitation thanks to a groundbreaking partnership with the Children’s Society. Chicken Cottage, which has 70 ...

Speaking of cancer treatment … Exercise can cut the risk of colon cancer patients dying from the disease by a third, according to a world-first trial that could transform cancer treatment globally.

Meanwhile, in the US … Despite attempts by the Trump administration to stymie green energy projects, wind and solar are surging across the US. New data shows that renewables accounted for 98% of the ...

Dark rain clouds. Gusty wind. The heavens primed to open. For most, these are signs to stay indoors. Not Matt Gaw. For this self-confessed aficionado of gnarly weather, rainstorms have him reaching ...

Uganda declared an end to its Ebola outbreak Health authorities in Uganda have declared an end to the country’s Ebola outbreak less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital ...

It’s part of an ambitious programme that is using a combination of solar power and mobile connectivity to revolutionise the prospects for healthcare across swathes of rural India. It springs from the ...

Because Inntravel provides all the route information for its self-guided walks, travellers are freed up to appreciate the awe-inspiring beauty of their surroundings. “I’ve done a few of our trips as ...

Countries struck a deal to tackle shipping emissions It’s taken a decade to achieve, and many nations are underwhelmed with the result, but this week countries struck a historic deal to reduce the ...

You might be blown away to know that the tiny house pictured used to stand 100 metres in the air as a major part of a wind turbine. With an average lifespan of 20 to 25 years, estimates based on ...

A GCSE in natural history has been given the go-ahead by the UK government, paving the way for children to “understand and protect the nature on their doorstep and beyond”. The qualification, which is ...

Microsoft believes topoconductors offer a path to building a chip with a million quantum bits, or qubits – the basic unit of information used in quantum computing – within years rather than decades.

A top court upheld a historic youth climate judgement Young climate activists in the US state of Montana celebrated a historic supreme court win this week after a ruling affirmed their right to a ...