Henry Moore Works to Be Unveiled at Botanic Garden
Henry Moore’s four sculptures are being installed at Wakehurst’s botanic garden in West Sussex, joining newly commissioned works from contemporary artists under the Henry Moore Institute. The outdoor exhibition opens on a Friday and will stay until 27 September, mirroring a similar display at Kew Gardens that launched on 9 May. Wakehurst highlights the pieces as reflections of care, protection and conservation, linking the artist’s nature‑inspired legacy to the estate’s research and seed‑bank initiatives. The partnership underscores a broader push to blend art with environmental stewardship.
BBC Inside Science
BBC Inside Science aired a 28‑minute discussion on how artificial intelligence is reshaping research. Pushmeet Kohli of Google DeepMind explained the Co‑Scientist platform, which acts as a lab collaborator for data analysis and hypothesis generation. The program also explored the difficulty...
Costly Fuel Pushes More Indians to Buy Electric Cars but Challenges Remain
India’s electric‑vehicle market expanded 25% in the year to March 2026, pushing EVs past the 5% share threshold in passenger cars. Higher fuel prices and the looming CAFE‑3 emissions standards are accelerating demand, especially for vehicles priced above one million...
Exploding Rocket Casts Doubts over Nasa's Moon Plans
Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy‑lift rocket exploded during a routine engine test at Kennedy Space Center, destroying the sole launch pad (LC‑36) built for the vehicle. The blast halts New Glenn flights for months, jeopardizing NASA’s Moon Base 1 lander, the agency’s lunar...
Inside Nasa's Plans for a Lunar Base
NASA’s Artemis program is moving toward a permanent lunar presence, with a crewed landing slated for 2025 and a surface habitat to follow by the late 2020s. The agency plans to use the Lunar Gateway as an orbital staging point,...
Nasa Unveils Next Steps to Build Permanent Moon Base
NASA unveiled the next phase of its Ignition Moon Base program, outlining a roadmap that includes robotic landers, hopping drones, and crew transport vehicles to establish a permanent lunar outpost by 2032. The agency awarded contracts to Blue Origin, Intuitive...
Why Temperature Records Are Being Not only Broken but Smashed
An unprecedented heatwave is shattering temperature records across western Europe, with the UK reaching 35 °C in May—over 2 °C above the previous May high—and France logging hundreds of new heat extremes. Scientists attribute the surge to a persistent high‑pressure “heat dome”...
The Space Race to Create Gym Equipment for Future Astronauts
British‑engineered HIFIm (High‑Frequency Impulse for Microgravity) has completed parabolic‑flight trials, demonstrating the ability to deliver a full‑body workout in weightless conditions. The device, built by special‑effects engineers at Pinewood Studios, can generate up to 300 distinct exercises without electrical power...
The Space Race to Create Gym Equipment for Future Astronauts
A British‑engineered exercise kit called HIFIm is being trialled on parabolic flights to simulate weightlessness for future astronauts. The device promises to shrink daily workout time from the current two‑hour regimen on the International Space Station to just 30 minutes,...
BBC Inside Science
The BBC Inside Science episode examines the emerging 2026 El Niño, expected to peak from October through early 2027, and its likely global weather impacts. It highlights the discovery of deep‑sea Ediacaran fossils in Canada’s Mackenzie Mountains, suggesting early complex life...
Lake Study Shows Ways to 'Cancel' Climate Impact
The UK Environment Agency released a study showing that fully eliminating wastewater inputs to Windermere could completely offset the projected climate‑change impacts on the lake over the next 50 years. The research, conducted with the UK Centre for Ecology and...
Why Isle of Man Is 'Ideal' For Building Rainforests
The Manx Wildlife Trust has planted 30,000 trees over three years on the 105‑acre Creg y Cowin reserve, creating a nascent temperate rainforest on the Isle of Man. The island’s mild, wet climate places it squarely within a natural rainforest corridor stretching...
Satellites and AI Used to Track UK Hedgehogs in Bid to Slow Decline
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have deployed an AI platform called Tessera to analyze high‑resolution satellite imagery and pinpoint hedgehog habitats across the UK. The system, trained on roughly 20 petabytes of data, can map hedgerows and predict suitable environments...
US Firm Set to Buy Satellite Station in £37m Deal
Intuitive Machines, a US aerospace firm, announced it will acquire the Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall for about £37 million (≈ $47 million). The deal includes 44 antennas and the Goonhilly Lunar and Deep Space facilities, which host the world’s first private deep‑space...
White-Tailed Eagles to Be Released in Exmoor Despite Farmer Warnings
The UK government has approved the next phase of the white‑tailed eagle re‑introduction, allowing up to 20 birds to be released in Exmoor National Park over the next three years. The birds, once extinct in Britain, will be fitted with...