Hope grows that Biden will restore US national monuments shrunk by Trump

Indigenous peoples say that resurrecting the two Utah monuments should be the start of a sea…

‘This is going to come back and bite ’em’: Capitol breach inflames Democrats’ ire at Silicon Valley

Social media is poised to pay a price for President Donald Trump’s supporters’ rampage through the…

Georgia just delivered Democrats their most powerful weapon

Get ready to hear these two words incessantly over the next two years: budget reconciliation. It’s…

The week in wildlife – in pictures

The best of the week’s wildlife pictures from around the world including sparring elk, dove v…

More than 1,000 Extinction Rebellion activists taken to court

People may have to travel to London despite pandemic in one of biggest protest crackdowns in…

‘We didn’t want our pensions invested in anything that was causing harm’

More people are going green and – from current accounts to savings – that can include…

Climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded

Global heating continued unabated despite Covid lockdowns, with record Arctic wildfires and Atlantic tropical storms The…

Food for thought? French bean plants show signs of intent, say scientists

Many botanists dispute idea of plant sentience, but study of climbing beans sows seed of doubt…

Spacewatch: Nasa joins Japan’s mission to study sun’s atmosphere

EUVST telescope will study how solar winds emanate from the sun, creating ‘space weather’ Nasa has…

U.S. Capitol Police officer dies after attack on Congress

A U.S. Capitol Police officer has died after engaging with rioters in Wednesday’s violent insurrection. “Brian…