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Microplastics have swamped our ecosystem. Can tech help prevent them entering our water systems?

A copy of the physicist's signed PhD thesis sells for £584,750, nearly four times the guide price.

As concern grows about climate change and resources, is it time to re-use more of our junk?

Scientists spent several days trekking through rural Borneo to find the 40,000-year-old artwork.

The earliest known painting of an animal has been identified in a cave on the island of Borneo.

Mushrooms for lunch inspire scientists to try to generate electricity from a fungus covered in bacteria.

The joint Europe-Russia mission to the Red Planet in 2020 needs a destination to go do its science.

Europe sends up a front-line weather satellite containing components made over a decade ago.

A new study raises hopes of saving one of the last animals of its kind - the northern white rhino.

The ozone layer is finally healing from damage humans have caused, according to the United Nations.

Bullying and harassment helpline could help people working in the sciences.

Hollywood director Ron Howard talked to the BBC about creating a realistic depiction of the first human colonies on Mars.

A new study says that big hydro electricity projects in Europe and the US have been disastrous for the environment.

Coloured eggs evolved millions of years ago in the dinosaurs and may have functioned as camouflage.

The DNA secrets of a flower thought to have inspired a Greek legend have been cracked by scientists.

A team at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh create a "crystal maze" to control how light spreads.

Christa Larwood visits the UCL Pathology Museum usually reserved for the eyes of medical students.

The world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate with around one in five thought to be at risk of extinction. The race is on to store back-up copies in seed banks.

Why trees grown in test tubes could be the answer to preserving the world's forests for the future.

The animal in western India is said to have killed 13 people and evaded capture for two years.

The surprisingly simple science behind the clever chemistry that helps your night go off with a bang.

Nasa releases a video describing the perilous landing its InSight Mars probe will face later this month.

As Palau bans sunscreen to protect coral reefs, we look at other products causing environmental damage.

European industry hands over a key piece of hardware for America's next-generation astronaut capsule.

Plans to speed up the planning process to boost fracking are not going down well with some Tory MPs.

A mandarin duck has become an online and New York celebrity after mysteriously appearing in Manhattan.

Research by conservationists find that some of the most sustainable fingers are also the cheapest.

The Bank of England asks the public to nominate worthy candidates to feature on the new banknote.

The hottest days are almost 1C hotter than in previous decades and it is not getting as cold, the Met Office says.

A cattle farmer warns people about releasing balloons of remembrance after a calf tried eating one.

Some crofters have concerns about the impact the site would have on the environment and their rights.

Scientists set out to read the DNA of 1.5 million species, starting a "new chapter in biology".

Russian officials have been looking into why the rocket’s booster malfunctioned during a launch last month.

The Pacific island nation becomes the first country to impose a widespread ban on sunscreen products.

UK scientists demonstrate the practicality of identifying and counting whales from orbit.

The Earth is far more sensitive to fossil fuel emissions than previously thought, a study says.

Melting Arctic sea ice may be about to open up the Northwest Passage to cargo shipping.

Nasa's Kepler telescope, which has been looking for inhabitable worlds, has run out of fuel and will look no more.

Construction had halted in 2015 amid protests from native Hawaiians who consider the land sacred.

A team of UK scientists have claimed the record for decoding the world's longest DNA sequence.

WWF blames "exploding consumption" for average losses of 60% in vertebrate populations since 1970.

The British-led mission to test techniques to clear up space junk initiates its second experiment.

America's audacious mission to "touch the Sun" has now got nearer to our star than any previous human-made object.

Brazil's highly biodiverse Cerrado is being destroyed for soybean production, conservationists say.

Experts worry this will increase demand for the animals and jeopardise efforts to protect them.

The animals have been getting fishing nets stuck to them or rings trapped on their necks.

The delights of chocolate were first discovered in the Amazon rainforest about 5,000 years ago.

A Powys captive breeding project aims to give water voles a fighting chance of a revival.

A new study shows that rising temperatures drive the disappearance of mountain-top bird species in Peru.

Urban areas need to cherish wetlands as a natural defence against flooding, experts warn.