SCIENCE

Deadly measles outbreak does little to counter vaccine scepticism in Texas

On an unusually crisp April day in a rural Texas town, dozens of Mennonite community members gathered alongside the nation's…

How climate change is supercharging pollen allergies

Seasonal allergy sufferers are being hit with more pollen over a longer season due to rising temperatures, but global warming…

Treading gently: The scientists who leave little trace at the world's northernmost lab

Scientists in the high Arctic are lifting their labs into the air to avoid damage from melting permafrost.

Ny-Ålesund in…

Massive floods affect millions across South Asia

Massive floods have swept through swathes of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh in recent days, affecting millions while killing…

Japan lands on Moon but glitch threatens mission

The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) put itself gently on the lunar surface near an equatorial crater.

Public rights of way blocked in 32,000 places

But they are fighting back, with one rambler even training as a lawyer to force councils to keep the way clear.

A…

Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos

It is 1.3bn light-years in diameter and appears to be roughly 15 times the size of the Moon in the night sky as seen from…

Boxes of dead turtles seized in massive Australia biosecurity haul

Some 116 different kinds of illegally imported products - together weighing 38 tonnes - were confiscated during a raid on a warehouse in Sydney.