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Heathrow Airport reveals record year for passenger numbers – prompting climate warning from ‘speechless’ campaigners | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A record number of people travelled through Heathrow last year – a trend the airport is celebrating but which others say is a cause for alarm. A record 83.9 million flyers made their way through the west London airport last year, its management said. The figure is 4.7 million higher than 2023, and 3 million…
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Environment’s winners and losers in 2024 – as 2025 set to be hottest year on record | Science, Climate & Tech News
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This year’s climate was good news for parts of the country’s environment, but for some wildlife the weather’s effect was negative, the National Trust has said. We look at the winners and losers of the wet and mild weather seen over the past year. Winners Image: Dunwich Heath in Suffolk. Pic: National Trust/PA Heather at…
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It’s still 2024, but scientists are already confident 2025 will be in top three warmest on record | Science, Climate & Tech News
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It is not even Christmas yet: trees are still being decorated, turkeys are yet to be defrosted and Christmas puddings remain intact. But though 2024 is not even out, scientists already have a handle on how hot 2025 will be. Next year’s global average temperature is likely to be the third-highest on record – going…
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Pakistan: Satellite images show smog over Punjab visible from space – as record levels of air pollution recorded | World News
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Satellite images show that smog in Pakistan can be seen from space, as the country battles record levels of air pollution. Images from NASA Worldview show the east of the country cloaked in a toxic haze, with smog also reaching into India’s northern regions and New Dehli. Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab region and…
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Nearly complete dinosaur fossil sells for record £34m | Science & Tech News
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A nearly complete fossil of a stegosaurus has sold for a record $44.6m (£34.2m), becoming the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction. An anonymous US buyer outbid six others for the set of bones, dubbed Apex, at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. They paid an apex price, beating the previous auction record of…
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Musk cheers ‘wide margin’ of support for record $56bn Tesla pay package | Business News
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Elon Musk has claimed a “wide margin” of support among Tesla shareholders for a $56bn pay package due to him but which was blocked by a court. A new shareholder vote was ordered after a judge in Delaware ruled in January that the 2018 awards had effectively been controlled by the billionaire, as the board…
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Taylor Swift music ‘back on TikTok’ despite app’s public spat with singer’s record label | Ents & Arts News
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Taylor Swift’s music is reportedly back on TikTok just weeks after the social media app and her record label Universal Music publicly exchanged furious messages. Universal accused TikTok of bullying ahead of their agreement to license content on the video platform expiring on 31 January – while the social media firm dismissed the “false narrative…
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Why Bitcoin has suffered a sharp pullback from record highs – and what might happen next | Business News
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Bitcoin has suffered a sharp pullback from record highs. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency fell to $66,885 in the early hours of Friday – down 9%. Only yesterday, the digital asset had been touching an unprecedented price of $74,000. Image: Bitcoin’s price over the past week. Pic: CoinGecko It is difficult to pinpoint a single reason…
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Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko breaks record for most time spent in space | World News
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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has set a new world record for the most time spent in space. The 59-year-old clocked up a cumulative total of more than 878 days and 12 hours outside the Earth’s atmosphere – the equivalent of nearly two-and-a-half years – on Sunday morning. Mr Kononenko celebrated the milestone on board the…
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As UK braces for new internet traffic record, here are some tips to help your broadband at Xmas | Science & Tech News
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The UK’s largest broadband provider is expecting demand to hit a new high on Boxing Day. BT is primed for peak internet traffic to exceed that seen on 6 December, when six Premier League games and an update for the new Call Of Duty saw customers guzzle 31 terabits of data a second. There are…