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Cricket must rethink sponsorship deals amid ongoing climate crisis

The MCC says the climate crisis poses ‘an existential risk’ to cricket – so questions must be asked of many partnerships

The Guardian - UK

Earth recorded its shortest day on record recently. And that could affect our clocks

Earth's rotation has started speeding up, so timekeepers may need to delete a second to keep our clocks synchronised. So, how will that affect us?

ABC News

Explorers just uncovered Australia’s deepest cave. A hydrogeologist explains how they form

Cave explorers have traversed what’s now the deepest known cave in Australia. On Saturday a group of explorers discovered a 401-metre-deep cave, which they named Delta Variant, in Tasmania’s Niggly-Growling Swallet cave system within the Junee–Florentine karst area. Its depth just beat out its predecessor, the Niggly Cave, by about…

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AIG Women’s Open is a momentous moment on Muirfield’s journey - Nick Rodger

APPARENTLY, the earth is now spinning faster than ever. This clump of space rock that we exist on completed a full rotation in a time that was 1.59…

The National (Scotland)

Chinese rocket re-entry: suspected debris lands in Malaysia and Indonesia

Charred ring of metal five metres in diameter found in Kalimantan and smaller piece discovered in Sarawak, Malaysia

The Guardian - AU

Experts searching for answers as earth spins faster and midnight comes early

It normally takes the earth exactly 24 hours to rotate once on its axis, but on June 29, a change was recorded.

Irish Mirror

Long March 5B: China's rocket makes an uncontrolled landing near the Philippines

China's Long March 5B rocket made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on July 30. Its debris are located in the Sulu Sea near the Philippines.

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Gifted James Lovelock was Darwin's heir

Jim Lovelock was a late bloomer. His first book, Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth, was published in 1979 when he was already 60 years old. By the time he died last Thursday, on his 103rd birthday, he had written ten more books on Gaia, the hypothesis that…

Bangkok Post

Silk may help solve microplastic problem

Non-biodegradable microplastics are a scourge to life on Earth. MIT researchers see a partial solution in silk

Salon

Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’

Scientists say there are ample reasons to suspect global heating could lead to catastrophe

The Guardian - UK

New research reveals that wildfires can influence El Niño

Wildfire is a phenomenon that has affected pretty much every vegetated environment on Earth for millions of years. However, during the past few decades, the planet has been experiencing extraordinary wildfire activity, with widespread devastation in diverse places such as the Mediterranean, North and South America, Southeast Asia, Australia and…

The Conversation

Experts confused after earth spins faster

Scientists are baffled as to why the earth's rotation is speeding up

Wales Online

Perseid meteor shower 2025: when, where and how to see it

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best shooting star displays of the year.

Space

Inside Edinburgh's Royal Observatory where scientists look for signs of life on other planets

A team in Edinburgh are behind the most groundbreaking and scientifically important images captured of our universe to date. The Edinburgh Royal Observatory team talks about the James Webb Space Telescope, early STEM education, and Scottish innovation in an exclusive tour and interview.

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The Guardian - UK

Oh my days! Midnight comes a fraction sooner as Earth spins faster

Analysis: Reflecting a recent trend, 29 June was the shortest day on our planet since the 1960s. What’s going on?

Zenger

Earth’s Solid Inner Core Makes Life On Planet Possible

Scientists say that around 565 million years ago, the Earth’s magnetic field strength fell to 10 percent of its strength today.

Daily Mirror

Dog owner branded 'disrespectful' for allowing pet to pee in graveyard

The dog owner has taken to Reddit to share how a stranger called him out for walking his pet through a graveyard - he states he will continue to do this because 'the dead aren't entitled to the earth'

Inverse

A powerful new dark matter facility could finally unlock physics’ most elusive mystery

The project, known as Lux-Zeplin, or LZ, has a history that would give any project manager nightmares.

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'Laid awake and wept': destruction of nature takes a toll on the human psyche. Here's one way to cope

Predictions of catastrophic climate change seem endless – and already, its effects are hard to ignore. Events such as bushfires, floods and species loss generate feelings of sadness, anxiety and grief in many people. But this toll on the human psyche is often overlooked.

ABC News

More Snowy Mountains space junk found amid visit from Australian Space Agency

The discovery of the pieces could be the largest space junk find in Australia since parts of NASA's Skylab space station fell to Earth in Western Australia in 1979.

Evening Standard

Nasa criticises China over uncontrolled rocket crash in Indian Ocean

The rocket fell into the Indian Ocean at around 4.45pm GMT on Saturday

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m an all-or-nothing person’: actor Maisie Richardson-Sellers on risks, rewards and keeping it real

Her first ever role was in Star Wars, but Maisie Richardson-Sellers is also fascinated by more down-to- earth stories about women, queer love and politics

The New Daily

Diamonds formed in 50,000-year-old meteorite could revolutionise electronics

Diamonds formed 50,000 years ago in a meteorite that hit Earth could hold the key to better electronics and faster battery charging.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool mum praises teachers doing the 'most difficult job on earth'

Liverpool mum Sarah Sandison shares her story about the teacher that changed her life

The Independent UK

China says remains of rocket booster fall to Earth

China's space agency says debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station into orbit has fallen into the sea in the Philippines

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