Twig Newsdesk
What are the cheesiest songs?
March 26, 2019, 3:40 p.m.
On this week’s newsdesk: turning plastic waste into fuel, a sweet way to monitor pollutants, and researchers play music to cheese!
How to save your dragons
March 12, 2019, 10:07 a.m.
On this week’s news desk: Komodo a no-no for tourists, space junk speared in a clean-up test, and hunting meteorites in Antarctica.
T-rex vs ground finch
Feb. 1, 2019, 10:46 a.m.
On this week’s newsdesk: a bird with a powerful bite, a robot gets back on its feet, and 15 years of the Mars Express.
120,000 butterflies that never came home
Jan. 11, 2019, 10:41 a.m.
On this week’s news update: bad news for monarch butterflies in California, an unusual orangutan goes home, and a robot musician makes its debut!
“The biggest crisis humanity has ever faced”
Dec. 18, 2018, 11:16 a.m.
On this week’s news update: a spotlight on climate change. A global climate change conference, El Niño weather system predicted, and innovation in air travel.
An answer to oil spills?
Nov. 23, 2018, 10:24 a.m.
On this week’s news update: a chemical sponge that might solve the problem of oil spills, the tropical islands that are protecting coral by banning sunscreen, and interactive, electronic tattoos.
Where did the giraffe get its spots?
Nov. 2, 2018, 11:21 a.m.
On this week's news update: a mission to explore Mercury, using nature's designs to improve the world, and why do giraffes have spots?
Hurricane Florence, measuring sea levels, and a flying car
Oct. 5, 2018, 1:05 p.m.
On this week’s news update: the fallout from Hurricane Florence, the satellite that measures sea levels, and the artistic inventor who engineered a flying car!
A cat ban, space mistakes, and happy goats
Sept. 14, 2018, 10:52 a.m.
On this week’s news update: a ban on cats to protect wild birds, a spacecraft springs a leak, and scientists discover that goats prefer smiley faces!
Weird and wonderful endangered species
June 20, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
Endangered animals don’t always look beautiful, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need our help. Let’s look at some unusual ones! Earlier this year, an animal conservation programme known as EDGE of Existence added a long list of endangered reptiles to its website. There are quite a few programmes dedicated to helping endangered animals, but EDGE of Existence is slightly different. The progra...