A Just Stop Oil-style group of eco-extremists have disbanded in Austria after telling followers they've been fined, arrested, and threatened into extinction. The Last Generation group have become notorious for…
A 15-year-old boy has sent a 10-page letter to school bosses demanding fewer maths classes because they do not help pupils with modern life. Campaigner Liam Mitrovic sent the letter…
Magnificent Amur leopard does not seem to know whether it is summer-ing or going as its coat is apparently caught out by a rapid spring thaw. Rare footage from a…
Huge glaciers once thought to be stable in eastern Antarctica are melting from below as warmer water flows erode their roots, a new scientific study has revealed. The six-month study…
This is the dramatic moment a railway viaduct dating back more than 100 years is blown up ahead of work to build a new one to accommodate moving mountains. Footage…
A court has allowed a six-year-old girl called Alexa to change her name by deed poll after she was mocked mercilessly by her classmates. Alexa from Goettingen, Lower Saxony, Germany,…
A new study claims that early childhood experiences can change a person's brain structure long-term and in irreversible ways - even if the brain heals. Professor Cordula Hoelig, a psychologist…
Scientists have discovered a double environmental breakthrough - how to capture carbon dioxide by using heat-treated plastic waste. The breakthrough came from boffins at Rice University, in the city of…
A gran has gone to court to legally change her grandson's name from Lucifer after his dad killed his mum in an axe attack and was later found dead himself.…
The discovery of nearly 500 ancient ceremonial sites in southern Mexico could transform how experts trace the rise of the Mayan civilisation. A team of international researchers led by the…