Slight fall in carbon emissions from fossil fuels as Iran war drives renewables push

At the opening of Cop31 in Turkey, president of negotiations and Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, acknowledged the world would overshoot the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C warming limit but said 'we can return' if countries acted with urgency and cooperation. Against a backdrop of soaring fossil fuel prices and growing pressure to accelerate the transition to clean energy, Bowen called for faster electrification, with a goal of increasing electricity’s share of global energy consumption

Carbon dioxide emissions are projected to fall 0.4 per cent this year, driven in part by higher oil prices resulting from disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

Many are convinced that ice baths or cold showers are an effective way to speed recovery after exercise, but a study finds that cold therapy may actually have the opposite effect

When we talk about prehistoric foods, we often focus on meat or perhaps cereal grains. But columnist Michael Marshall finds that ancient humans may have dined on more insects than we previously thought