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Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Stockton Rush’s wife Wendy asks “what’s that bang?” in footage that appears in new BBC documentary The moment that Oceangate’s Titan submersible was lost has been revealed in footage recorded on the sub’s support ship. Titan imploded about 90 minutes into a descent to see the wreck of the Titanic…

Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter IXI “People don’t want to look like cyborgs,” says Niko Eiden They look like an ordinary pair of glasses – but these are tech-packed specs. On a Zoom call, Niko Eiden, chief executive and co-founder of Finnish eyewear firm IXI, holds up the frames with lenses containing liquid crystals, meaning their…

Getty Images Environment Agency warns England will have a shortage of 6 billion litres a day by 2050 England faces huge future water shortages and needs a “continued and sustained effort” to reduce demand, including more hosepipe bans and ‘smart’ water meters, warns the Environment Agency. The watchdog says that without dramatic action, England, which…

Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News EPA The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s the stark warning from more than 60 of the world’s leading climate scientists in the most up-to-date assessment of the state of…

Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images The way people in the UK access websites with pornographic material is about to undergo a significant change. The Online Safety Act says sites must make it harder for under-18s to see explicit material – and Pornhub and other major adult websites have confirmed they will introduce advanced age…