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The majority of plastic containers used for yoghurts, ice cream, ready meals and fruit end up in landfill.

They will be aboard the first US flights to the International Space Station since the shuttle programme ended.

The US space agency assigns the first men and women to fly on commercial rockets and capsules.

The first long-term residents of Stonehenge, along with the first stones, arrived about 5,000 years ago.

Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered lung into a pig.

Temperatures hit the 30s and there were no proper drains, bringing flies, disease and panic.

Drones are now delivering pesticides, fertilisers and crop monitoring to farms around the world.

A new study has shown that small height evolved twice in humans on the Indonesian island of Flores.

The man who took a shark from an aquarium in Texas, US said he did it because 'it needed help'.

Faced with a glorious spectrum of colour, songbirds, just like humans, look for the big picture.

This photo time-lapse was taken from the International Space Station of a single orbital sunrise over Earth.

The first long-term residents of Stonehenge came from west Wales, a study suggests.

Researchers uncover a little known source of climate warming gases coming from plastic waste.

It's Europe's busiest airport but why is Heathrow also a magnet for hot weather?

The vast majority of lemur species, unique primates found only in Madagascar, are on the brink of extinction, say scientists.

Breakthroughs in satellite imaging are helping scientists in Scotland better understand wildfires in real time.

The Cambridge professor loses his 14-carat gold medal in Brazil minutes after receiving it.

One of the most prestigious prizes in mathematics are awarded at a ceremony in Brazil.

The world's largest island ran over Iceland's volcanic hotspot and has the rocky scar to prove it.

Researchers are feeding genetically modified crops to farmed salmon to see if it boosts their nutritional value.

Researchers are feeding farmed salmon a genetically modified plant to see if it boosts omega-3 levels.

Social media users turn on supermarket giant Coles for "caving in" to "tantrums" over reusable bags.

Despite a wet summer, 2017 was one of the warmest years according to Met Office records dating back to 1910.

The world's largest colony, in the Indian Ocean, has shrunk 90% over 30 years, research suggests.

Professor Tim Cockerill from the University of South Wales explains where we might encounter snakes in the hot weather

During the total eclipse, Earth's natural satellite turned a striking shade of red or ruddy brown.

There's some chemistry to the pleasant smell of rain after a long, dry spell.

The Europe-wide heatwave is an unambiguous signal of climate change, say researchers.

Friday night's lunar eclipse will last longer than any in the 21st Century.

Researchers have found that only 13% of the world's oceans remain mostly undisturbed by humans.

The current hot conditions could become the new normal for British summers within 30 years, MPs say.

The black hole at the centre of our galaxy has helped astronomers confirm a key prediction of Albert Einstein's ideas.

Want to know why you've had weeks of sleepless nights? The BBC's Science editor looks at the cause of our numerous heatwaves.

Victoria Gill takes a looks at four key moments in the search for life on the red planet.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that altering living things using the relatively new technique of genome editing counts as genetic engineering.

Researchers believe they have found the first existing body of liquid water on the Red Planet.

Scientists have uncovered a new dinosaur in China... and it's older than expected.

Rare coral has been found in a deep sea research mission off the west coast of Ireland.

German engineering students set a record as their pod hits 457km/h in a hyperloop tunnel test.

There is no guarantee that the products you recycle are actually recycled, the UK watchdog warns.

This was the scene on a beach in the Dominican Republic after a storm.

How the giant Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is transformed into a 3,200 tonne art installation.

The Trump administration wants to weaken the landmark protection law. What species are under threat?

Migrating geese race to warmer Arctic but are too worn out to lay their eggs early when they get there.

Genetic material proves that the animal killed off the coast of Iceland was not a blue whale but a rare hybrid.

What should we call a six-wheeled robot going to the Red Planet to look for signs of life?

A growing taste for al fresco dining is driving record charcoal sales in the UK but is it also fuelling global deforestation and climate change?

Conservationists are crying foul over a high-speed railway being built through Nairobi National Park.

It sounds like the perfect solution, but critics say it failed their test.

The fossil of a prehistoric snake that lived alongside the dinosaurs has been found entombed in amber.