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Sweden's Loreen wins Eurovision Song Contest for second time

Sweden took the top spot at Eurovision 2023 with Finland in second.

Culture news

Eurovision Grand Final to mix pop and politics with glitzy united show

Ten acts from each semi-final have qualified along with last year’s winner Ukraine and the Big Five countries who fund Eurovision - France, Germany, the UK, Spain and Italy.

Culture news

Eurovision 2023 Semi-Final 2: Who are the final 10 acts to qualify?

Belgium and Albania are through while Iceland misses out as 10 out of 16 countries qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Moments

Watch New Zealand's real life mermaids bring the hit film to life

Watch these mesmerising real life mermaids in a ‘magical’ New Zealand marine reserve.

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Earth News

Can’t put solar panels on your home? Buy a bit of a solar park instead

Co-owning a wind farm or solar park could reduce your energy bills by 23 per cent and it's totally affordable. Here's how.

Moments

California: Soar over stunning poppy fields with this new zipline

Locals hope to avoid a repeat of the 2019 “poppy apocalypse” when thousands of flowers were trampled by daytrippers.

Nature

Trolls: Can you find all 100 of these recycled wooden sculptures?

There’s a giant troll made of recycled wood to be found somewhere in the world.

Travel News

‘SOS UNESCO’: Locals protest against new tourist attraction in Rio

Is the best view in Rio about to be ruined by a zip wire?

Ecotech

What can making salad dressing teach us about recycling batteries?

‘Once we have brought the metals to Europe, it would be silly to send them back to manufacture new batteries abroad’.

Nature

This dog got life behind bars…and loves it

This fearful fido found his perfect home where ‘he is never without a human.’

Ecotech

Robo-shark: Plastic waste has a new enemy

'It's our dream to deploy these things around the world to clean up while we're asleep and hopefully make an impact on our environment.'

Earth News

Electric vehicles need nickel but what is the human cost of mining it?

Forests have been cleared and oceans have turned red in the pursuit of nickel.

Earth News

Family of tigers dumped by circus thriving in big cat sanctuary

What are the train tigers' lives like one year later?

Nature

Indonesia’s new capital city could be a ‘massive ecological disaster’

"The future generations will only hear the stories about the species here because they won't exist anymore."

Earth News

Bangkok smog blankets city hospitalising 200,000

The popular holiday destination is currently recommending that anyone who goes outside wears a high-quality N95 anti-pollution mask.

Travel News

These 5 mistakes could cost you money when you book your next holiday

With just one of these money-saving tips you could afford an extra holiday this year.

Ecotech

This Dutch invention is helping to catch wildlife poachers red-handed

Without AI, stopping poachers in large national parks is ‘like finding a needle in a haystack’.

Moments

Is this the best place in Europe to stargaze? I went to find out

“Stargazing isn’t just for one night, stargazing should be for a lifetime.”

22 February 2023

Nature

Life-saving dogs: How to train a search and rescue dog

These four-legged heroes have a sense of smell 100,000x better than humans

21 February 2023

Climate

Inside the submarine mission to protect 95% of Antarctica’s waters

There is less ice in Antarctica ‘right now than at any other time in recorded history.’

17 January 2023

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