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Driest UK spring in more than a century: Is climate change to blame?
Drought warnings after weeks with almost no rain joined by record sunshine in April
Etihad Rail passenger service set for 2026, but will drivers ditch their cars?
Low cost of running a vehicle and sprawling cities discourage public transport use, analysts say
The long hard road to halving the number of traffic deaths worldwide
UN's Decade of Action for Road Safety, now at its midway point, aims to cut devastating toll of fatal traffic accidents
Rare genetic syndrome in Emirati boy, 5, helps identify symptoms in Middle East
Condition causes slower growth and abnormalities in the head and face
Chimpanzees use medicinal leaves to heal wounds, study shows
Apes help care for individuals they are not related to, study in Uganda's Budongo Forest shows
More than a billion litres of water evaporate from UAE swimming pools every year
But scientists say the losses could be heavily cut by using pool covers
The controversial search for metals beneath the world's deepest ocean
Good for microchip manufacturers, bad for the environment: the pros and cons of deep-sea mining in the Pacific
Why air pollution is now falling across the Middle East
Tougher emissions standards for vehicles credited but still much room for improvement
Dubai named autism-friendly destination after efforts to boost inclusivity
Achievement comes after more than two years of training to make locations better able to serve people with autism
Why did the Airbus A380 not fly as high as hoped?
The superjumbo only achieved a fraction of the sales of the Boeing 747
How Abu Dhabi's salt domes could help the UAE reach its net-zero targets
Sedimentary rock structures are built for hydrogen and hydrocarbon storage, scientists believe
Jaws legacy: When people, not sharks, are at fault for attacks
Study highlights how human behaviour can provoke bites
How UAE street cats are crossing continents for a new lease of life
The National's Daniel Bardsley is one of many foreign adopters offering a welcoming home to four-legged friends from the Emirates
How Emirati Genome Project can lead to advances in personalised medicine
Tailoring treatments more precisely to the patient is a vital way in which medicine will improve in coming decades
After dire wolves, which other extinct species could be resurrected?
US biotech company Colossal aims to recreate other animals – including the woolly mammoth
