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The supersonic test flight of its SpaceShipTwo rocket ship was the first since a crash in 2014.

It's not just spiders, scorpions and snakes for the man in charge of pest control at Kandahar air base.

A study of litter in UK seas shows the number of plastic bags has fallen, amid a rise in other types of plastic rubbish.

The worms are being used because they have a similar muscle structure to humans.

The robot connects to the internet so web users can control it and donate to pay maintenance costs.

The Russian capital has no recycling programme and its expanding rubbish landfills are causing health problems.

Scientists have been developing a technique to count animals that is usually used to map stars.

A dozen black holes may lie at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, researchers say.

Two Suffolk punch horses are being put forward for a charity's breeding programme.

They were patrolling off the South Australian coast when they noticed something behind them.

A new study reveals the surprising complexity of bowhead whale song.

Researchers use astronomical techniques used to study distant stars to survey endangered species.

The White Continent is surrendering ocean floor as the undersides of its glaciers are melted.

Drones should be used to locate and penalise farmers who let soil run off their fields, a report will say.

Researchers find that the footprints belonged to sauropods and therapods from the Middle Jurassic period.

A UK-led project heads to orbit to trial technologies for removing redundant space hardware.

China's defunct Tiangong-1 space lab mostly burnt up on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.

Bernard Poujol believes ducks are the future for rice farms, but he hasn't quite perfected his technique.

The defunct station is hurtling towards Earth but chances of it falling into your garden are slim.

The Royal Air Force is pushing boundaries, 100 years since it began. Three women serving with the RAF explain.

A census suggests that one-horn rhino numbers have increased by 12 to 2,413 in the national park.

Tributes led by actor Eddie Redmayne are paid at the funeral of the visionary scientist in Cambridge.

The company says a Model X vehicle involved in a fatal crash in the US was in Autopilot mode.

It's been shrinking fast, but could a plan to divert water to one of Africa's largest lakes stop it disappearing?

The industry could contribute almost a fifth of the global total of CO2 by 2050 but some nations resist targets.

The head of America's leading particle physics lab says a "factory" to make the Higgs boson will speed up discoveries.

What's behind the snapping sound when we crack our knuckles? Scientists have the answer.

Britton Hayes was on safari with his step uncle in Tanzania when a cheetah entered the vehicle.

Scientists have imaged a "transparent" galaxy that may have no dark matter.

A money-back scheme for returning glass, plastic bottles and cans in England is to be introduced.

A Manchester-led team tests the detector system it will use in Antarctica to find hidden iron meteorites.

All indigenous languages can be traced to a mother tongue dubbed Proto-Australian, researchers say.

The James Webb Space Telescope will not now be launched until "approximately May 2020".

Hunting pressures mean brown bear cubs now spend an extra year with their mothers, say scientists.

It's 50 years since the death of Yuri Gagarin, the Russian cosmonaut who was the first man to travel into space.

The Cambridge physicist's last broadcast interview covered gravitational waves from neutron star mergers.

The European Space Agency will work with Finland's ICEYE on ways to exploit its novel radar satellites.

Meena was raised a ‘good Indian girl' who was expected to get married, but she's off to Antarctica.

Measurements show the entire bulk of Europe's most active volcano is edging eastwards, Scientists say.

A new study investigates how early a warning can be issued for major earthquakes.

Rescuers manage to return just six surviving pilot whales to deeper waters in Western Australia.

About 150 animals wash up on a beach south of Perth, prompting a major rescue effort.

Students will be graded numerically on a scale from 9 to 1.

A new museum dedicated to IK Brunel reveals the man behind the carefully cultivated public image.

British scientists think DNA could be used to solve a global problem - where to store all our data.

VR has suffered from an image problem, so could very high resolution headsets be the answer?

Scientists investigate an unusual, small, mummified skeleton from Chile to establish its medical history.

It is estimated some 80,000 tonnes of plastic is circulating in a patch between Hawaii and California.

The UK government is failing rural communities and the natural environment, a report says.

The Nasa robot this week celebrates 2,000 martian days investigating the surface of the Red Planet.