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A London food chain is now including insects on its menu but can eating insects help save the planet?

The much-maligned bedbug has been around for 115 million years - since dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

UK scientists have created an artificial version of the stomach bug E. coli that is based on an entirely synthetic form of DNA.

Up to a million shoes are among the tide of plastic debris washed up on an Australian island say scientists.

Almost a quarter of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is now unstable, according to a new study.

The document stumped Alan Turing and the FBI before being "deciphered" by a research assistant.

The bites are a "hidden" health crisis causing a death every four minutes, says World Health Organization

Bafta called for more environment plot lines on TV, here's a look at how television can raise awareness.

The Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side.

Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots and fungi, connecting trees and plants to one another.

A disease posing a "very serious threat" to the EU's olive industry still poses a real threat to southern European producers, say experts.

New research by Bafta found references to "climate change" lag far behind "beer" or "sex" in UK TV shows.

How is this man growing vegetables in the most northerly major human settlement on Earth.

The boss of Skanska tells 5 Live that companies only calculate carbon emissions.

Jakobshavn Isbrae - the likely originator of the Titanic iceberg - goes into an unexpected quiet mode.

Conservationists hope the results will help them understand how butterflies survive in a warming climate.

A petition signed by 350,000 people calls for "netting" of trees and hedges to be a criminal offence.

An American explorer finds plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive.

Europe's Aeolus spacecraft is gathering fantastic new data on global winds - but it's also got a problem.

Victor Vescovo descended almost 11km in a submersible to the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean.

The Faroe Islands declared themselves shut down as foreign volunteers came to take part in sustainable tourism.

The Apollo 11 landing: What did it take to pull off one of the greatest achievements in human history?

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges world leaders to follow science advice on climate change.

Officials in north-east India guided an elephant calf to safety, after it became separated from its mother.

The UK may need to review expansion of aviation to meet CO2 targets, the government admits.

Engineers are making sure their joint European-Russian rover will perform as expected on the Red Planet.

The killings wipe out half the vulture population in the Israeli-occupied territory.

The procedure is a world-first amid efforts to save the species, native to New Zealand.

Europeans are emitting too much carbon and using too much food and timber, a report says.

Blue Origins claims that the lunar lander will be able to take humans to the Moon's south pole by 2024.

Climate change is having an impact on British wildlife, say scientists mapping a deadly frog disease.

Researchers plan for new centre to explore refreezing the poles, sucking out CO2 and ocean greening.

The Amazon is at risk from mining in French Guiana and it is the French Foreign Legion's job to protect it.

Half the world's biggest airlines are not giving flyers the opportunity to offset the CO2 from their flights.

An Anglo-Saxon royal whose tomb was found next to a road in 2003 may have finally been identified.

At least £1bn a year needs to be spent on defences and some communities may have to move, a report warns.

Dried sewage from Europe's largest treatment works in east London is being turned into house bricks.

Aviation contributes to climate change, but there are ways to reduce your flight's impact on the planet.

Eight countries propose the strategy - but nations such as Germany oppose strengthening commitments.

The Whipple Museum contains 10,000 scientific instruments with many dating from the 17th Century.

Organisers of more than 60 festivals say calling them 'festival tents' just encourages people to leave them behind.

British scientists undertake a new aerial survey of one of the most radioactive locations on Earth.

In February Dave Mackay guided Virgin Galactic's space craft to almost 56 miles (90km) above earth.

There is no joint declaration by Arctic nations as the US criticises climate change wording.

A 92-million-year-old dinosaur provides evolutionary insights on the evolution of the tyrannosaurs.

Studying fireflies helped scientists increase light extraction in LEDs by more than 50%

There had been fears the plant could go extinct, after a Spanish variety escaped into the wild.

The environment secretary said wildlife charities had advised him to "be cautious".