The Zambian agri-tech app making farming cool
In Zambia, where agriculture accounts for 35% of the country’s GDP, farming is a way of life. One agri-tech company is bringing the future to Zambian farms. Agripredict, led by young founder and CEO
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Smart energy could save £8bn a year, say advisers
The UK could save up to £8bn a year by using electricity better, the government's infrastructure advisers say. The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) envisages a smart energy revolution with more
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Google donates $1m to fight Zika virus
Google's charitable arm has donated $1m (£710,000) to Unicef to help stop the spread of the Zika virus. The virus is suspected to be linked to a large number of babies born with underdeveloped brains
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Poaching for ivory stabilises but elephant decline continues
The number of elephants being killed for their ivory has stabilised but overall species numbers have continued to decline. Data produced for 2015 shows that poachers are still killing more elephants than
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Hubble sets new cosmic distance record
The galaxy GN-z11, pulled out in the inset, is seen only 400 million years after the Big Bang The Hubble Space Telescope has spied the most distant galaxy yet. It is so far away that the light from this
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Indonesia earthquake off Sumatra measures 7.8
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of western Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports. There have been no immediate reports of damage. The USGS said the earthquake struck
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Grey hair gene discovered by scientists
Scientists have pinpointed a gene responsible for grey hair - a discovery that could lead to new ways of delaying or preventing this natural sign of ageing, they say in Nature Communications. Hair dyes
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Law firm in new legal threat over UK air pollution
Around 40,000 people are estimated to die prematurely every year because of bad UK air quality The UK government has been warned to drastically reduce air pollution or face renewed legal action. In April
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Gravitational waves: Tests begin for future space observatory
The formal test programme has begun on the technologies required to detect gravitational waves in space. Europe's Lisa Pathfinder (LPF) probe is engaging in a series of experiments roughly 1.5 million
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Illegally collected Himalayan plant seeds sold in UK
Seeds of exotic plants illegally collected in the Himalayas are being sold in the UK, the BBC has found. National Himalayan authorities say no permission was obtained to gather and export the plant
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India budget expected to focus on rural economy
The Indian government is set to unveil its budget on Monday as it faces pressure to boost growth while also appealing to the country's poor. Having overtaken China as the world's fastest-growing economy,