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The first global atlas of earthworms has been compiled to help protect the fauna beneath our feet.

Researchers taught rats to drive tiny "ratmobiles" in exchange for food, which helped the rats relax.

Donald Trump says Paris deal would "punish the American people" as he hails US fossil fuel boom.

Most seabird populations, including kittiwakes, puffins and herring gulls, remain at risk.

Rok Rozman competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Now he has kayaked across six countries to help defend rivers against dams.

Prof Ian Shanks used his daughter's toy microscope to build a prototype for the device in the 1980s.

Singer Ellie Goulding spoke at the One Young World summit encouraging young people to stay positive.

US chemists have turned plastic into motor oil, but the scientific battle to break down the tide of plastic waste continues.

The company claims a quantum computer has surpassed conventional devices for the first time.

Coastal erosion threatened to topple Denmark's Rubjerg Knude lighthouse - but now it's being moved.

Going fully organic in England and Wales would require more imports of food and increase carbon output.

Scientists use satellites to run the rule over the White Continent's latest mega-berg.

Four aerospace firms will team up in a bid to build a lunar landing system.

The UK will build the first ever liquid air energy storage plant, based on an idea from a backyard inventor.

Scientists call for urgent action to prevent peatlands drying out and releasing vast stores of carbon.

BBC Radio 5 Live speaks to a space gynaecologist about the impact of space travel on female astronauts.

A Neanderthal tool from the Netherlands bears traces of ancient "glue".

US astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch answer questions about their all-female space walk.

New technology - called prime editing - is like a "genetic word processor" able to re-write DNA.

Former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than people of the same age range in the general population, according to new research.

The lithium powering electric vehicles is found deep beneath the salt flats of Argentina

Dr Katie Bouman's photo of the moment she saw her first black hole image went viral - but it wasn't all good.

At 16, MiMi Aung travelled alone to the US for an education. Now she's a project lead on Nasa's Mars mission.

A UK-assembled European spacecraft aims to take the closest ever pictures and movies of the Sun.

Two female astronauts made history as they replaced a power unit on the International Space Station.

Scientists are developing the techniques to spot mass stranding events from orbit.

Extinction Rebellion says it will "take stock" of the reaction to the action for future protests.

A committee is set up to push climate action but critics point to delay on environment policy.

A yellow organism, which looks like fungus but acts like an animal, has gone on display at a Paris zoo.

Family of inventor says they were designed to be reused to stop trees from being destroyed.

The leashed beasts may look like large powerful dogs, but they still have the wild heart of a wolf.

Researchers grow brains in a lab and discover that human neurons develop more slowly than those of other primates.

The team behind the Bloodhound supersonic car is in Northern Cape to start running the vehicle.

The Duke of Cambridge calls for more education and awareness during a visit to northern Pakistan.

The agency reveals a prototype for a lunar surface spacesuit to fit all shapes and sizes.

A camera set-up powered by a plant could pave the way for the remote monitoring of rainforests.

UK-based team to chart unprecedented waters with fully autonomous sea journey.

The coffins, whose decorations are still visible, were uncovered at a Theban necropolis near Luxor.

Sparked by an unexpected rockfall, researchers placed sensors on the mountain to monitor the site.

The first figures emerge demonstrating that Brexit uncertainty has adversely affected UK research.

The population first ravaged by commercial whalers in the 1900s is almost back to where it was.

A shot of a predator-prey confrontation wins the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

The group says it has taken steps towards legal action over the restriction of protests in London.

Environmentalists welcome parts of the new law, but others say the government is going backwards.

Consumers need to demand electronic devices that use recycled plastic, campaigners say.

The UK will not meet its climate change targets without a revolution in home heating, a think tank says.

Crime and health take centre stage, but opposition parties dismiss the programme as "election manifesto".

Insects are being touted as an eco-friendly protein source, but do bug burgers pass the taste test?

Alexei Leonov, who died on Friday, could have been the first human to land on the Moon.

Microplastics are everywhere, but how worried should we be? Scientists are on a mission to find out more.