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Plans to launch satellites - and even people - from the UK get a boost from government.

The way orangutans communicate could shed light on humans' first words.

Fumigation must start immediately to avoid further destruction in the main agricultural area.

Scientists say that decoding the quinoa genome could cut the cost of this nutritious but underutilised crop.

Scientists say the collapse next to the Great Barrier Reef dates back more than 300,000 years.

A facial reconstruction has been made of Orkney's St Magnus by a forensic artist to help mark the 900th anniversary of his death.

Hans Rosling, who has died in Sweden aged 68, tells 200 years of world history in four minutes.

Mr Rosling was known for lively, data-driven presentations debunking myths about global development.

Disease has killed up to a quarter of Critically Endangered Saiga antelope in Mongolia, scientists say.

A herd of plains bison have been successfully reintroduced to Canada's oldest national park, more than 100 years after they were nearly hunted out of existence.

A newly discovered species of gecko has tearaway skin that leaves predators with nothing but a mouthful of scales when attacked.

The staged reintroduction since the end of last month is going smoothly, officials say.

BBC Breakfast presenters battle it out in the Terrific Scientific Bottle Rocket Challenge.

Land Speed Record holder Andy Green describes how the Typhoon jet engine in the Bloodhound supersonic car will be fed with fuel.

Scientists say a pest that destroys maize is spreading rapidly across Africa and could reach Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years.

Increasing the water table under arable peatland can help boost yields and the amount of carbon stored in the soil, a study says.

Once too precious to use, now too cheap to notice – the significance of the light bulb is profound.

Work to preserve the crumbling birthplace of radar is to get under way later this year.

The rhino found on a Norfolk beach dates back about 700,000 years.

Nasa releases a video of the ISS crew preparing to watch the Super Bowl from 250 miles above Earth.

Kiruna Stamell, who has dwarfism, explains her problem with gene editing

Scientists in India have recorded the events that unfolded after the Earth's magnetic shield was breached.

Banning cars on Saturdays in a heavily polluted city hasn't made the air any cleaner, according to new research.

The British Antarctic Survey shifts its futuristic Halley base to keep it away from a watery grave.

A small but distinctive signal in X-rays from the Milky Way could be key to proving the existence of dark matter.

The mobile phone apps that are enabling fishermen to increase their catches at the same time as helping environmentalists monitor and preserve stocks.

Prof Sir Mark Walport has been appointed to head Britain's newly created science funding organisation.

Physicists have drawn up construction plans for a large-scale quantum computer.

Geologists in Iceland have drilled deeper into a volcano than ever before, reaching a depth of 4,659m.

Research shows how birds acquired beaks of all shapes and sizes over millions of years of evolution.

Native Americans vow legal action as the go-ahead is given to complete the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The inventors of digital camera technology win the highest international prize for engineering.

A new experimental crop of genetically modified (GM) wheat will be planted this spring after the UK government gave the final go-ahead.

Dramatic footage shows the unusual phenomenon as lava flows through a crack in a sea cliff.

Australian researchers say their discovery could significantly lower the material's cost to produce.

Conservationists say the nets are killing too many dolphins and turtles.

Scientists in China say they have produced cloned cattle with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis.

Paul Ferber, an ex-British policeman who lives on Koh Seh in the Gulf of Thailand, tells World Service how he catches illegal fishermen plundering Cambodia's ecosystem.

Ancient proteins dating back 195 million years have been found inside a dinosaur bone.

The drug combination was unable to cure four patients, who had all visited Africa, doctors say.

Removing invasive exotic plants from natural areas can act as a boost for wildlife, a study suggests.

Researchers discover the earliest known ancestor of humans - and many other species.

Australian researchers hope an antibody found in sharks may help treat an incurable lung disease.

The man who ran National Grid for a decade says news stories raising blackout fears should stop.

Huge coral system reef where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean was discovered last year.

A project aims to investigate the social case for gardens and what impact they have on well-being.

Rising temperatures could boost mercury levels in fish by up to seven times the current rates, say Swedish researchers.

The seeds of domesticated plants could offer clues as to why cultivated crops are larger than their wild cousins, a study suggests.

A tiny possum, an emblem of the state of Victoria in Australia, is rapidly heading towards extinction, say scientists.

US scientists draw controversy as they claim to have fulfilled the decades-long quest to turn hydrogen into a state where it behaves like a metal.