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Portugal has reported 1,331 excess deaths during a prolonged heatwave from July 27 to August 15, according to national health data. The sharp increase in mortality coincided with 20 consecutive days of extreme temperatures, representing a 25 percent rise over

Researchers at Graz University of Technology in Austria have developed a hook-and-loop fastener system for building components that allows walls, floors and partitions to be removed and reused without demolition, aiming to reduce construction waste, lower renovation costs and support

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have jointly issued a stark warning about the growing threat of heat stress on workers worldwide, releasing a new technical guidance report aimed at protecting laborers as climate change

A team of scientists in China, in collaboration with researchers from the United States, has developed a new type of cement capable of lowering building temperatures by as much as 5 degrees Celsius. The innovation, known as photon-structured cement, offers

The number of asylum applications in the United Kingdom has reached a record high, with 111,084 claims submitted in the year ending June 2025, according to newly released government data. The figure marks the highest annual total since modern records

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, increasing the planet’s confirmed satellite count to 29. The discovery was made using the telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera during a targeted observation on February 2, 2025, and officially announced on August

The United Kingdom has withdrawn its demand for Apple to provide law enforcement agencies with a backdoor into encrypted user data, a move hailed by privacy advocates as a major win for digital security and civil liberties. U.S. officials confirmed the reversal on Monday, bringing an end to

DermaRite Industries, a North Bergen, New Jersey-based manufacturer of over-the-counter healthcare products, has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of multiple soap and skincare products after testing revealed contamination with Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), a bacterium that can cause severe infections.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed images yet of 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet traveling through our solar system at over 130,000 miles per hour (210,000 kilometers per hour). The observations, made last month, when the comet

United States President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on 15 August to discuss a potential agreement aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. The meeting, which Trump described as a