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The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home

The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home

_Homo floresiensis_ skull. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAAbout 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more than a million years living on the isolated volcanic island of Flores,
Britain’s water crisis is getting worse

Britain’s water crisis is getting worse

When the taps run dry in Tunbridge Wells you know something has gone very wrong in the heart of Albion. Some 24,000 residents had their water supply cut off for almost a week after South East Water found that water at the local treatment plant was contaminated with chemicals. Schools closed, businesses lost money and, although supplies have resumed, ...
Australia has new laws to protect nature. Do they signal an end to native forest logging?

Australia has new laws to protect nature. Do they signal an end to native forest logging?

Reforms to Australia’s nature laws have passed federal parliament. A longstanding exemption that meant federal environment laws did not apply to native logging has finally been removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Native forest logging will now be subject to national environmental standards – legally binding rules

The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home

The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home
_Homo floresiensis_ skull. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAAbout 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more than a million years living on the isolated volcanic island of Flores,

Britain’s water crisis is getting worse

Britain’s water crisis is getting worse
When the taps run dry in Tunbridge Wells you know something has gone very wrong in the heart of Albion. Some 24,000 residents had their water supply cut off for almost a week after South East Water found that water at the local treatment plant was contaminated with chemicals. Schools closed, businesses lost money and, although supplies have resumed, ...

Australia has new laws to protect nature. Do they signal an end to native forest logging?

Australia has new laws to protect nature. Do they signal an end to native forest logging?
Reforms to Australia’s nature laws have passed federal parliament. A longstanding exemption that meant federal environment laws did not apply to native logging has finally been removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Native forest logging will now be subject to national environmental standards – legally binding rules