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Botanical artist brings rare plants back to life
Artist Lucy Smith draws plants so that they can be recorded for science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Mars: Pictures reveal 'winter wonderland' on the red planet
Earth is not the only planet with icy scenes this festive season, the European Space Agency says.
Extinction Rebellion: The story behind the activist group
They've blocked bridges, protested outside the BBC, held die-ins and closed roads - all in the name of stopping climate change.
'I'm not having children to help fight climate change'
Environmentalist Jason MacGregor and his partner aren't having children because they don't want to add to human-made climate change pressures.
The secret life of plants: Ten new species found this year
Plants have been on the planet for hundreds of millions of years – but we’re still discovering new ones.
Nasa's InSight deploys 'Marsquake' instrument
The InSight mission begins to lay out the sensors that will listen to the Red Planet's "heartbeat".
New environmental watchdog to get legal teeth after Brexit
The new Office for Environmental Protection will have similar enforcement powers to EU regulators.
Warning against 'volcano tourism' risks
Thrill-seeking tourists are putting themselves in danger getting too close to volcanoes.
Nasa hack exposes space agency staff's data
The US space agency says cyber-thieves may have compromised two of its computer servers.
Elon Musk unveils prototype high-speed LA transport tunnel
The entrepreneur says his system will see modified electric cars travel at high speed underground.
Weather stops plastic waste car reaching South Pole
A car made from waste plastic has been forced to abort its mission to the South Pole because of bad weather.
Wooden clothes?
A university in Finland has invented a process to turn waste wood into material for clothing.
Nasa's New Horizons probe on course for historic flyby
Ex-Pluto spacecraft New Horizons maintains the trajectory taking it to its next dramatic encounter.
Seal pups across the UK are 'at risk from toxic chemicals'
Seal pups across the UK are "at risk" from man-made toxic chemicals present in their mothers' milk.
Waste plan floats bottle deposit scheme
More people will also get food waste caddies, as part of plans for England to make recycling less confusing.
Climate change: The massive CO2 emitter you may not know about
Cement is the source of about 8% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. How can this be changed?
Bloodhound supersonic car project saved
The supersonic vehicle could still race at 1,000mph after an entrepreneur bought the business.
Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils
The flying reptiles had feathers, and looked like brown bats with fuzzy wings, say scientists.
Hastings dinosaur footprints exposed by cliff erosion
Dozens of well-preserved dinosaur footprints from at least seven species have been uncovered.
Katowice: COP24 Climate change deal to bring pact to life
Nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing 2015 Paris agreement at UN climate talks in Poland.
Five key takeaways from climate summit
The BBC's Matt McGrath looks back at key developments at UN climate talks that have ended in Poland.
Katowice: UN climate talks stand-off continues
Climate talks are in an extra day as negotiators try to agree the next steps for the Paris agreement.
Katowice UN climate talks extended due to sticking points
Rows continue over paying poorer countries for damages caused by rising temperatures.
Plan for food waste to be separated
Councils will have to offer separate food caddies in a bid to combat methane emissions.
'Miracle' six-day-old baby survives Ebola
It took five weeks of round-the-clock treatment to keep Benedicte alive after her mother died.
Hope for 'decent' climate talks outcome
The likelihood of a deal at global climate talks in Poland has increased after a new draft text was released.
What chance has Nasa of finding life on Mars?
When the US space agency's next rover gets to Mars in 2021, it will seek evidence of ancient life.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo: The view from the edge of space
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket ship has made a successful test flight, 82.7km above the Earth's surface.
Dive over Jupiter's cloud-tops with Nasa's Juno craft
Nasa's Juno mission to Jupiter has reached its halfway mark and revealed spectacular views of the planet's polar storms.
Branson's Virgin Galactic reaches edge of space
The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic makes it to the edge of space and back.
Astronaut Nick Hague ready for second space flight attempt
Astronaut Nick Hague is ready for his next space flight attempt, after the first mission was aborted.
Nasa's Jupiter mission Juno reveals giant polar storms
Stunning images from Nasa's Jupiter "JunoCam" show huge, "endless storms" at the planet's poles.
Climate change: Failure to tackle warming 'suicidal'
UN secretary general tells climate negotiators in Poland that failure to make progress would be a desperate blow for the planet.
Parker Solar Probe: Sun-skimming mission starts calling home
Having become the closest-ever human-made object to our star, the Parker spacecraft returns its first data
Climate change is 'shrinking winter'
Snowy mountain winters are being squeezed into shorter periods, threatening water supplies and increasing wildfire risk.
Samples cut around Soyuz hole in spacewalk
Cosmonauts have cut samples from around a hole, which Moscow says may have been caused by a drill.
'Planet of the chickens': How the bird took over the world
With around 23 billion chickens on the planet at any one time, the bird is a symbol of our times, say scientists.
Climate change: Arctic reindeer numbers crash by half
Climate change in the Arctic has caused the wild reindeer population to crash by 56%, a report says.
How Apollo 8 Astronauts took the famous 'Earthrise' photograph
Frank Borman was the Commander of the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon. The astronauts took an iconic photo of the Earth rising above the lunar surface.
Poland climate summit protest limits anger young activists
Protesters are frustrated by strict controls on protests at the UN climate summit in Poland.
Nasa's IceSat space laser makes height maps of Earth
One of the most powerful Earth observation tools ever put in orbit is now gathering data about the planet.
Melting ice art installation opens at London's Tate Modern
An art installation featuring 30 blocks of ice brought from Greenland has been unveiled in London.
ISS: Spacewalk cosmonauts investigate mystery hole
The mystery hole in a Soyuz capsule docked to the International Space Station caused a pressure leak.
Oil thieves cause spill in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay
Thieves caused at least 60,000 litres of oil to spill into Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay.
Climate change: Protecting the poor from green taxes
Has President Macron's controversial fuel tax set back carbon taxes globally?
East Antarctica's glaciers are stirring
Nasa detects the first signs of significant melting in a swathe of previously quiet ice streams.
'Surprise' Palu tsunami clue found on seafloor
Scientists are getting closer to understanding the damaging tsunami that struck Sulawesi in September.
Himalayan and other Asian glaciers put the brakes on
The ice streams that flow down the flanks of Asia's high mountains are moving slower as they thin.
Amount of deep life on Earth quantified
Having dug and drilled into the Earth, scientists can now estimate how much life exists at depth.
Where did the Sun come from?
Earth would be a frozen lump of rock without the energy created from our nearest star.
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