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The BBC's Bryony Hopkins asked Londoners for their idea of the perfect cup of coffee.

French president Francois Hollande says that the US must respect their commitments made under the Paris Climate Agreement.

Mathematicians are a step closer to understanding what makes a perfect cup of coffee.

German researchers compile a 400-species Citree database to encourage people to plant the "right tree for the right place" in urban areas.

An extinct bird that lived 120 million years ago had iridescent feathers, probably to attract a mate, fossil evidence shows.

Photos of a Russian bear with a tin can stuck in its mouth 'highlight the dangers of litter'.

The Paris climate agreement will survive a Trump presidency, says the US climate change envoy.

The UK's most famous dinosaur skeleton will start its national tour on England's Jurassic Coast.

Skywatchers are enjoying the latest "supermoon", after the moon made its closest approach since 1948.

2016 looks poised to be the warmest year on record globally, according to preliminary data.

European scientists set out for Antarctica this week in a bid to find deeply buried ice that contains an ancient record of Earth's climate.

Declining US coal consumption played a significant role in keeping down global emissions of carbon dioxide, says a report.

The Royal Ballet and the School of Sport, Health and Applied Science (SHAS) at St Mary’s University, Twickenham have joined forces to deliver sports science support to dancers.

British red squirrels are infected with strains of the bacterium that causes leprosy, according to a study.

Rothamsted Research, a leading agricultural research institute, is attempting to make data from long-term experiments available to all scientists.

The British Beagle 2 spacecraft may have worked for several months on Mars, new analysis suggests.

Jake Yapp condenses the history of everything we ever thought we knew about vaccination into four minutes.

President-elect Donald Trump did not express many views about science and innovation on the campaign trail. But there are some clues to his positions on key issues.

Palaeontologist Stephen Brusatte explains the significance of the newly discovered dinosaur fossil that was almost destroyed by dynamite.

A newly discovered species of dinosaur is identified from an extraordinarily complete fossil almost destroyed by dynamite.

There are now more than 500 pairs of golden eagles in Scotland, a survey of the birds finds.

The use of electric car charging points across Scotland has more than doubled in the last year.

Dogs have been dining on human food scraps since the early days of their domestication, a scientific study suggests.

Plastic pollution in the sea gives off a smell that attracts foraging birds, scientists find.

Countries say they are prepared to move ahead on climate change without the US if Donald Trump pulls out of the Paris agreement.

Voters across one Florida county have signalled their approval for releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in a bid to fight Zika.

A final sum of €1.7bn (£1.5bn) is committed to Airbus Safran Launchers to enable it to develop Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket.

Residents in Florida are being asked to vote on a trial of genetically modified mosquitoes on US Election Day.

The growth in CO2 in the atmosphere has been slowed by the increased ability of plants to soak up the gas.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that the five years from 2011 to 2015 were the warmest on record.

Land Speed Record holder Andy Green has been celebrating the work done in Northern Cape, South Africa, to prepare the fastest ever race car track.

A public appeal to find a second rare left-coiled snail succeeds

Recent centuries have seen a big jump in the rates of erosion in the iconic chalk cliffs on England’s south coast, a new study finds.

Life in the southern hemisphere appears to have recovered more quickly than expected from the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs.

The European Space Agency’s director general says he expects to have at least an interim report on the Schiaparelli crash within the month.

Concerns over a Trump presidency are set to dominate the start of global climate talks in Morocco.

A beach in Siberia has been transformed by naturally occurring giant snowballs.

Planet Earth II's camera crew came back from filming to find an unwanted visitor.

The Canadian military probes a mysterious Arctic pinging sound, officials tell the BBC.

An earthworm named Dave wriggles into the record books as the largest ever found in the UK - measuring a whopping 40cm (15.7in).

Researchers apply for a licence to carry out a trial of a genetically modified wheat crop in a small field in Hertfordshire.

The Paris agreement on climate change has come into force, with efforts due to continue next week on the way ahead.

Inventor Sir James Dyson is setting up his own technology institute to tackle the shortage of engineers.

Given the complexity of antibiotics resistance, what should we do to tackle the problem?

Ebola dramatically adapted to infect human tissues with ease in the first few months of the Ebola outbreak.

Authorities in Florida are releasing sterile flies in a bid to stamp out a flesh-eating livestock disease that has returned to the US for the first time in 30 years.

China has launched its biggest rocket to date - the Long March 5.

An analysis of national plans to cut carbon says they are still way above the levels needed to keep the rise in global temperatures under 2C.