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Two skulls found in China shed light on the ancient humans who inhabited the region before the arrival of our own species.

US study reveals how much trees help tackle urban air pollution

Scientists have found something - but no one will admit to causing it.

The last woolly mammoths were wracked with genetic disease and had a strange shiny coat, say scientists.

Scientists have created a functioning mouse embryo in the lab

Ancient Amazon peoples planted a vast number of trees for food or building materials, a study argues.

Europe's medium-range weather forecasts will cease to be constructed in the UK from 2020.

One of the Large Hadron Collider's huge experiments has been given what's described as a "heart transplant".

The government's long-delayed 25-year plan for improving nature in England should be published immediately, MPs say.

Scientists use lasers to analyse how the sound of Big Ben's "bongs" is created.

Scientists identify 208 new minerals that owe their existence wholly or in part to humans.

Researchers discover fossils of what may be some of earliest living organisms.

Lasers reveal invisible details of the shape of a feathered dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago.

A new species of midge has been discovered but there is no need to reach for the insect repellent.

Radio signals from tags are helping hunters and harming conservation, warn scientists.

Two private citizens are reported to have paid large deposits to fly around the moon in 2018

A British Museum expert says the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs are of international importance.

Environmental groups have launched a legal challenge to the government's rule change.

Spraybot can fit under floorboards to help insulate homes.

Artificial nests have a markedly different microclimate from tree cavities, a study suggests.

Huge numbers of draughty homes could stop it meeting emissions targets by 2050, a report says.

The US rocket company says the customers have already paid for the flight planned for late 2018.

Scientists at the University of Ottawa have developed a way of growing human cells and tissue on apples.

The environmental impact of producing a loaf of bread has been analysed in depth - from the farm to the supermarket shelf.

One of UK's top scientists, Sir Paul Nurse, says experts are being "derided and pushed back".

Hibatullah Akhundzada says more trees are needed "for the beautification of Earth".

The new funding will be made available for robotics research carried out by British universities.

The island that inspired the National Trust has finally been gifted to the conservation charity.

The UN’s new climate chief says she is confident, despite concerns about President Trump's policies.

The simple up-and-down motion of hand pumps could help scientists secure a key water source for 200 million people in Africa.

The government is to enshrine into law the idea that there should be no political interference in research funding.

A new report says that using wood pellets to generate low-carbon electricity is a highly flawed policy.

A third runway at Heathrow can only be justified if it does not breach climate change laws, MPs say.

Seven planets orbiting a single star have been discovered in a solar system 40 light-years from Earth.

Astronomers have discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star - a record number.

Science is facing a "reproducibility crisis" as scientists fail to reproduce others' work, it is claimed.

New video is released of the Antarctic ice crack that promises to produce a giant berg.

Doctors from a children's hospital have saved the life of a premature baby hippo.

Particles of debris from car tyres are ending up in the ocean as "plastic soup", a conservationist group warns.

Seven new species of night frog have been discovered in India, including four miniature forms.

Cincinnati Zoo's premature baby hippo Fiona needed urgent treatment for dehydration.

Up to 16% of hydraulically fractured oil and gas wells spill liquids each year, according to new data.

A method that can identify individual lemurs could improve the way the endangered species is tracked.

How Brexit might create complications for the way food in the UK is labelled.

A super-slippery coating for bottles could make getting liquids out much easier, US scientists say.

Scientists in Boston have found a way to get every last drop of ketchup out of the bottle.

The sequel to 2001's ocean series is due to be shown later this year on BBC One.

April's pro-science Washington rally has the full backing of the world's largest scientific membership organisation.

German research vessel Polarstern is set for a remarkable year-long expedition in the Arctic.

Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers' Alliance are normally at odds on policy, but both criticise HS2