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In warehouses outside Madrid, hop vines grow under LED lights and close supervision in what their guardians say could be the best way to futureproof the supply of a key ingredient in beer, now threatened by climate change. Fiona Jones reports.

A zoo in Thailand's Northeast region has successfully hatched a Red-headed vulture, making it the first successful breeding of this species in Thailand in 30 years, and only the second instance worldwide.

NASA plans to send astronauts to Mars sometime in the 2030s, but before take-off, the space agency will observe the effects of a four-person crew staying in a simulated Mars habitat for about one year.

The largest-ever genetic assessment of the woolly mammoth has yielded new insight into this elephant cousin - an icon of the Ice Age - including about its fluffy hair, small ears, cold tolerance, fat storage and even dry ear wax.

Alibaba on Tuesday (April 11) showed off its generative AI model Tongyi Qianwen - its version of the tech that powers chatbot sensation ChatGPT - and said it would be integrated into all of the company's apps in the near future. Fiona Jones reports.

Growing numbers of loggerhead sea turtles are nesting and laying eggs on western Mediterranean beaches in what some scientists suggest could be a case of climate change causing habitat expansion of the threatened species. Alice Rizzo has more.

London City Airport has scrapped the 100ml liquid limit rule thanks to new high-tech scanners, Chief Operating Officer Alison FitzGerald explains.

High school students and their tutors in Cyprus have developed a prototype robot powered with ChatGPT artificial intelligence technology to harness and improve teaching experiences in the classroom.

The International Seabed Authority will start accepting applications in July from companies that want to mine the ocean's floor, a decision that came after the U.N. body spent the past two weeks debating standards for the new and controversial practice.

At a time when new artificial-intelligence programs like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion seem poised to transform the art world, the legal system still hasn't figured out who owns the creative output – the users, the owners of the programs, or maybe no one at all. Emma Jehle has more.

Britain's National Grid is installing the world's first T-shaped electricity towers, as part of the project to connect millions of homes and businesses to homegrown, low carbon energy.

Children's animated character, Shaun the Sheep, landed safely back in Britain after joining NASA for its trip to the moon with Artemis I last year.

A robotic shark that gobbles up plastic waste has been let loose in London Docklands, to clean up the water by removing the equivalent of more than 22,700 plastic bottles per day, according to its developers.

The Hawaiian island of Oahu now has new waves to offer – made in Germany. Citywave founder Rainer Klimaschewski says the technology was inspired by the Eisbachwelle, a well-known river surfing spot in Munich.

A team of biomedical engineers in Australia have developed a small flexible robot that can be used to 3D print biomaterials directly inside the human body, in the hopes of streamlining future medical procedures.

For nearly four years, Thailand's scenic Maya Bay was a place of solitude for blacktip reef sharks. Now tourists are returning in droves and Thailand must strike a delicate balance between tourist revenue and conservation. Rosanna Philpott has more.

Cryptocurrency bankruptcies and worries over electric power consumption have failed to dent the industry's growth in Texas, which is seeing a huge rise in demand from miners. Trevor Koroll reports.

The European Union has plans to phase out cars with internal combustion engines after 2035. But Germany is opposing the law, demanding that sales be allowed of new cars that run on e-fuels. So what exactly are e-fuels? Rachel Judah has more.

Relativity Space's 3D-printed rocket lifted off for the first time on Wednesday, passing a key milestone to demonstrate the vehicle's in-flight strength before its second stage failed upon reaching space, a company live stream showed.

Chinese university students have created a remote kissing device designed for people in long-distance relationships.

Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu, suggesting that some ingredients crucial for the advent of life arrived on Earth aboard rocks from space billions of years ago.

Environmentalists are wary that construction of Indonesia's new capital Nusantara would disturb some of Borneo's endemic fauna, including endangered long-nosed monkeys, Irrawaddy dolphins and orangutans. Olivia Chan has more.

A Brazilian NGO planted over 30,000 trees to reforest a mangrove wetland to mark Water Day in an effort to protect river waters and marine life.

The inventor of the Jet Suit, Richard Browning, has revealed plans to form an International Race Series, with celebrities and sporting personalities pushing the limits of physics in waterfront locations worldwide.

Introducing innovative and sustainable solutions, Dubai-based company Dake Rechsand came up with different models to face water scarcity, mitigate floods and enhance desert farming in the UAE.