Scientists are asking Scots to count butterflies this summer to understand what extreme weather is doing to them. Researchers are trying to work out what impact climate change is having on the insects. Last year’s record temperatures, heatwaves and droughts are believed to have...
The village of Sheriffhales in Shropshire only has about 700 residents, no shop or pub – but it does have a solar farm. It has been given a funding boost thanks to its community energy scheme. Proceeds from the farm go towards community projects, and have paid for food parcels, a...
Two brazen racing pigeons have been spotted snooping around the church tower nest of one of their biggest predators. Photographer and peregrine follower Chris Skipper posted a picture of the birds exploring the falcon nesting box on Cromer Parish Church. A number of people commented on...
A team of archaeologists has discovered a rare rock used to make tools in the Stone Age. The “polishing boulder”, found in the Valley of the Stones near Dorchester, would have been used to make stone axe heads more than 5,000 years ago. It is only the second undisturbed...
A start-up business is hopeful it could revolutionise the production of energy. First Light Fusion in Yarnton, Oxfordshire has been investigating how nuclear fusion could be generated on a large scale. Physicists have pursued the technology for decades as it could offer a source of near...
