TOP 10 INNOVATION UPDATES

Pennsylvania's abandoned coal mines may hold 220 billion gallons of water

Australia releases 21 endangered turtles and tracks eight for two years

London museum garden collected 11 million records using 50 sensors

Pennsylvania to remove coal silt; project creates 19 acres of wetlands

12-million-year-old fossil leaf from the Himalaya reveals a previously unknown fungal species

Judi Dench named an eagle GoldenEye as southern Scotland’s golden eagle population tops 50

4,000-year-old Egyptian tomb reveals secrets of powerful royal official

Coffee may change gut microbes linked to mood and brain function

Scientists left bamboo forests alone for 30 years; biomass rose 161%, phosphorus stocks grew 379%

Artificial beaver dams raised bat activity 3.9 times; amphibians returned

Rice husk ash could make asphalt more resistant to high-temperature damage

She found a baby raccoon on her ship; 7 years later, her Mississippi rescue has 76 orphaned kits

Vivien He developed a device that detects earthquake signals and sends warnings through alarms

In 1993, a project set out to reconnect wildlife habitat from Yellowstone to Canada's Yukon

California acquired 640 acres near Pioneertown for western Joshua tree conservation

Burmese pythons are climbing trees, revealing differences between adults and juveniles

Ohio solar farm becomes home to 3 million honey bees across 50 hives

Satellite images led Julian Bayliss to Mount Lico, where a new butterfly emerged

Zambian community turns dry-toilet waste into fertiliser as declining soil fertility hits farms

14-year-old Jia Mingxuan builds tree-saving device that wins gold in Germany