Microplastics: could tamarind seeds help our bodies get rid of them?
In recent years, microplastics have gone from being just an environmental problem to a very real presence inside the human body.
Invisible but always there: study reveals what really happens to cigarette butts in the ground
We see them on the ground, on sidewalks, at the edge of gutters. Then the rain comes, cars go by, seasons change, and after a while they're gone. Or rather: we no longer see them. Because in the meantime, they've simply changed shape.
Historic return of rhinos (exterminated by poaching) in Uganda: two animals released after more than 40 years
For more than forty years, no rhinos had been seen in northeastern Uganda. The Kidepo Valley National Park had to do without one of its most iconic animals after poaching entirely wiped out the species in the early 1980s.
Tim Sweeney, creator of Fortnite video game buys over 20,000 hectares of forests to save them from concrete
While millions of players chop down virtual trees on Fortnite, Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney is doing exactly the opposite in real life.
Good news for the panda: it's no longer endangered (but still vulnerable)
March 16 marked World Panda Day, dedicated to one of the planet's most emblematic animals.
Here's the happiest country in the world in 2026 (for the 9th year running)
The survey questioned respondents in 147 different countries, asking them to rate their quality of life on a number of levels: from health to education, from perceived freedom to trust in institutions.
The mystery of the waste ships sunk in the Mediterranean
Dozens of merchant ships sunk in the Mediterranean between the late 1970s and early 2000s could contain toxic and radioactive waste.
YouTube engineer made car run on 500 batteries from disposable e-cigarette
There are objects that enter our lives with the promise of making our lives easier, but disappear just as quickly. Disposable e-cigarettes are one of the clearest examples of this contemporary paradox: a few days of use, a perfectly working lithium battery, followed by a noiseless journey to the trash can.
Goodbye lithium? Tofu battery promises to last 300 years
Some innovations initially seem light years away from our daily lives, but then suddenly pop up in everyday conversations, somewhere between a coffee break and a mindless scrolling moment on the phone. The tofu battery belongs in that category: at first it surprises, then the idea sticks, because it contains something that sounds just a little bit different from anything we've ever heard before.
Israel bombs the world's largest natural gas field in Iran: what are the consequences?
The name is known by few people outside the energy sector, but Iran's offshore South Pars gas field has become the focus of a global crisis in a matter of hours. The Israeli attack on Wednesday, March 18, on parts of its infrastructure marks a new stage in the Middle East conflict: for the first time, one of the pillars of global energy supply is directly affected.