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One man's desire to create the perfect gun profoundly changed manufacturing.

The Antarctic icon could lose more than half its population by 2100, say scientists.

Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries about the Universe.

The Russian circus polar bear brought to live at Bristol Zoo who helped change zoos.

Going on foot, by bike or by car? Three Sheffield families took part in a test to find out.

It may be the smallest ozone hole in three decades but scientists are warning against complacency.

Jupiter had been the "moon king" for some 20 years.

Researchers produce cattle that lack horns, meaning they cannot use them to injure other animals or humans.

The Planning Inspectorate had ruled against new gas-fired turbines on climate change concerns.

Three scientists who discovered how cells adapt to oxygen share the prize for physiology or medicine.

At least one in five vertebrate species on Earth are bought and sold on the wildlife market.

A cataclysmic energy flare started near the massive black hole in our galaxy, a new research says.

The number of rare goshawks in the New Forest has doubled in the last eight years.

The Nobel Prizes are amongst the most prestigious awards in a variety of fields, so how do you win one?

Meet the "transhumanists" who are pushing the boundaries of technology to implant chips and more into their bodies.

Organisers of the Cardiff Half Marathon have taken measures to reduce the event's carbon footprint.

They want to highlight the fact they are one of the industries worst affected by climate change.

The research vessel is spearheading the biggest ever scientific expedition at the North Pole.

Citizen scientists have helped shed light on a type of fungi that can spread underground for miles.

To prevent another summer of mass fish deaths, authorities have launched a painstaking operation.

A man who had not walked for two years was able to move all his limbs thanks to new technology.

Scientists in Oxfordshire are trying to decipher scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79.

A report on nature in the UK also shows 41% of species have experienced decline.

With a warning hundreds of wildlife species are at risk in Wales, one Gower farm is helping conservation.

Climate change activists sprayed fake blood outside the Treasury - but the jet was too powerful.

Russian president Vladimir Putin said there was a need to be "realistic" about renewable energy.

A team of more than 60 experts is trying to find out more about the enigmatic Nabataean culture.

Taking all the available data, it was clear something was amiss with the tsunami-generating volcano.

Launch towers and "antenna farms" have been proposed for the 815-acre site in the north Highlands.

Women inventors account for just under 13% of patent applications globally, according to a study.

Drones can be used to work out the body mass of the largest animals on the planet, helping in their conservation.

A huge earthquake off Alaska in the 1960s caused tsunamis that scientists say washed a tropical fungus ashore.

There are 1.85 billion, billion tonnes of carbon on Earth, nearly all of it held beneath the surface.

There were about 1,100km (700 miles) of jams as farmers reacted to plans to cut nitrogen emissions.

A remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean reveals the scale of the problem of plastic waste facing our seas.

Scientists use new 'environmental DNA' technique to identify each polar bear and their relationship.

The UK-led project to break the land speed record is ready to start testing in South Africa.

A group of Scottish pine martens have been brought to the Forest of Dean and fitted with tracking collars.

Boris Johnson has given details of a £200m fund for science and technology.

The Duke of Sussex praises Matthew Talbot, saying he played a "huge part" in conservation efforts.

As a company is fined for sending UK waste to China, just where does our recycling and rubbish go?

The Scottish government may remove the need to apply for planning permission for projects that tackle climate change.

Kelp forests are an important marine environment but are being destroyed by changing fishing methods.

Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change - we meet the families on the front lines.

They are on a mission to stop their stretch of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest from going up in flames.

The US entrepreneur says prototype flights of his Moon-Mars rocket system will begin in months.

An initiative in Paris is trying to persuade restaurants to turn food waste into compost.

The remains, initially thought to be Roman, were mislaid soon after being found in the 1960s.

Microplastics in drinking water do not appear to pose a health risk at current levels, research suggests.