Russia is in the process of equipping its new nuclear submarines with hypersonic Zircon missiles

Yasen-class submarines are nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines, built to replace Soviet-era nuclear attack submarines as part of a programme to modernise the army and...

Deadly bacteria found in the water supply of a barge used by UK as temporary housing for asylum seekers

The bacterium discovered in the water supply is Legionella bacteria, which can cause pneumonia-like illnesses. All 39 asylum seekers currently housed on the boat...

Sewage in rivers: just 14% of the country’s rivers were classed as healthy

In England's North West the river Dee has always been popular with swimmers but in 2021 a high amount of wastewater was pumped in...

New estimate on the input of plastic waste into the sea and its persistence

A team from the Netherlands and Germany collected data from different marine environments, including coastlines, the ocean surface, and the deep ocean and it...

The World Health Organization has declared a new sub-variant of Covid called EG.5 – unofficially named “Eris”

EG.5 is another off-shoot of the Omicron variant of Covid. According to the WHO, it was first seen in February 2023 and cases have...

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