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For the Soviet Union, the launch of the satellite was a triumph not just for science. but socialism.

Meet Mochi from South Dakota, who has just bagged herself a Guinness World Record.

The Nobel prize in chemistry is awarded to three scientists for advances in the imaging of biological molecules

How a British observatory played a crucial part in the Cold War.

Pheasants are the bird species most likely to be run over on UK roads, according to new research.

They may not be household names, but, according to experts, they pose risks to the environment.

The 2017 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists for the detection of gravitational waves.

The fossil of a marine reptile from 199 million years ago gives clues to the diet of baby reptiles.

Only one of four groups of Beavers in Argyll is showing signs of successful breeding.

Michael Gove wants views on whether a "reward and return" system would improve recycling in England.

Understanding how our bodies keep time has "vast implications" for health, say Nobel committee.

The UK's hardiest snow patch melts for what is thought to be only the seventh time in 300 years.

Suzie Imber, who beat 11 people to the prize, is "excited" she could "one day end up in space".

More than 100,000 people have fled their homes as they wait for Bali's Mount Agung to erupt.

The British-led project to build a 1,000mph car reaches a key milestone in its development.

New Zealand's forest used to be home to millions of kiwi. Now there are only 68,000 left.

The entrepreneur says his new rocket could fly people from London to New York in 29 minutes.

Creator of ChemStart, Bathabile Mpofu, takes hands-on scientific experiments into schools in South Africa.

Hundreds of Japanese species have been found on US coasts, swept there by the deadly 2011 tsunami.

The process begins of scoping new spacecraft for the Sentinel Earth observation network.

A team in Bangalore has entered the Google Lunar X Prize to land a rover on the Moon.

Sir Paul Nurse says this kind of technique could be done in the UK.

A major citizen science project will spread virtual flu with the aim of understanding how to stop the real thing.

Four times larger than regular rodents, a large, tree-dwelling rat has been found in the Pacific.

A Chinese team corrected the potentially fatal blood disorder beta-thalassemia.

Conservationists push the UK to make its remote South Sandwich Islands a protected sanctuary.

Ripples in the fabric of space-time are sensed again - this time using three different laser systems.

The BBC is going under the waves with David Attenborough in a second series of Blue Planet, which was first shown in 2001.

Diprotodon, an extinct Ice Age marsupial of Australia, would trek long distances each year for food.

The ex-chief scientist says the government should be made to enshrine a zero-emissions target in law.

The Parker Solar Probe is going to be the first spacecraft to journey deep into the Sun's atmosphere.

The solar farm will generate enough electricity for about 2,500 homes, its backers said.

As pub chain Wetherspoons phases out plastic straws for waste reasons, is it time we scrapped them?

The world's botanic gardens contain a third of all known plants and help protect 40% of endangered ones.

Australia is to be a launch partner on the UK's innovative new small radar satellite, NovaSAR.

US firm Planet Labs makes satellites you could hold in your hands, and has more in orbit than anyone else.

Despite signs that numbers of giant pandas are rising, suitable habitat has shrunk, satellite data shows.

The country is one of the few major developed nations not to have a dedicated agency.

Mount Agung on Bali is an active volcano that may be about to erupt for the first time in 54 years.

Scottish Power says electric cars and a shift to electric heating could mean a big rise in demand for electricity.

Judges has to choose between 3,800 entries from all over the world.

Some flies see six times faster than us, catching prey in mid-air in less than a second.

Alexander Blanco's conservation work is helping to save the world's most powerful eagle.

The near-6,000 sq km block of ice known as A-68 looks finally to be on the move.

It will enter clinical trials to prevent and treat the infection next year.

A new study shows that Neanderthal brains developed more slowly than ours.

The call of storm petrels are recorded for the first time on islands where rats came ashore from shipwrecks.

Why firms are spending millions to beat each other into orbit

The fast-growing US solar industry is at odds with itself - and the decision may be left to Trump.

Sir David Attenborough spoke to the BBC about Zoo Quest, the environment and the planet's future.