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Last month was the hottest ever June worldwide, and the 14th straight month that global heat records have been broken, scientists say.

An open letter to the government from UK academies representing science, medicine and engineering warns that Brexit is already harming science.

The original Bramley apple tree - planted more than 200 years ago and the "mother" of all modern Bramley apples - is dying from a fungal infection.

Forty-two tiny tracking devices fitted to cuckoos in the UK may have solved the mystery of the birds' decline.

The cuckoo is in decline in the UK, and its migratory habits may be to blame, according to a study of tagged birds.

BBC News speaks to UK researchers already feeling the effects of Brexit on their research.

A US appeals court has ruled that sonar approved for use by the US Navy broke marine laws.

Scientists are studying Dolly the sheep's "siblings" in order to study the health of cloned animals.

Could F1 and aeronautical tech help Sir Ben Ainslie's 'flying' catamaran win the America's Cup?

In the early 60s, 13 women undertook secret tests at Nasa to see if they could become astronauts.

The quest for storage devices that pack ever more information into a small space has reached a new limit, with memory that writes information atom-by-atom.

Scientists in Singapore have created cyborg beetles that they believe could help save lives.

An international group of scientists have analysed the DNA of 6,000 year old barley, showing that it is remarkably similar to modern day varieties.

Improving co-operation between nations' farming and forestry sectors will help reduce deforestation and improve food security, a UN report suggests.

The United Nations cultural agency Unesco names Iraq's southern marshes - once decimated by Saddam Hussein - a World Heritage Site.

Nasa has sent a DNA sequencer to the International Space Station in an effort to help astronauts monitor their own health.

A SpaceX cargo rocket is bound for the International Space Station after a successful launch from Florida.

Andy Green says the Bloodhound 1,000mph supersonic car project has to file a mountain of paperwork before it can go racing in South Africa next year.

Farmers and environmentalists alike are facing anxiety as the shadow of Brexit looms over Britain’s countryside.

Analysis of DNA from some of the world's first farmers shows that they had surprisingly diverse origins.

A scientific paper that claimed a 2012 exhibition of Damien Hirst works led to the release of dangerous formaldehyde fumes is retracted by one of its authors after further tests.

An international team of scientists has issued a warning that biodiversity is dropping below safe levels for the support and wellbeing of human societies.

Outdoor learning can have a positive impact on children's development but it needs to be formally adopted by national curricula, a report suggests.

British astronaut Tim Peake says that he is concerned about the future of scientific research in Britain, following the vote to leave the European Union.

The government has axed the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) in a major departmental shake-up.

The European Space Agency has signed a contract to build a prototype drill and chemistry lab that will be flown on a Russian mission to the Moon in 2021.

A new meat-eating dinosaur has been discovered in Argentina that possessed stubby arms like Tyrannosaurus rex.

A Bronze Age village dubbed "Britain's Pompeii" which yielded an "extraordinary window" on the period burnt down after just months, it emerges.

So many tree species are present in the Amazon basin that it would take 300 years to catalogue them all, scientists say.

Marine scientists from Israel and California have developed a microscope that for the first time provides a window into the small scale behaviour of marine life.

This koala has heterochromia, so its rescuers called it Bowie; David Bowie actually had anisocoria, unequal pupil sizes.

The Sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse finishes its penultimate flight, landing in Egypt's capital, Cairo, after a 48-hour flight from Seville.

The American space agency's new Juno mission to Jupiter returns its first imagery since going into orbit around the gas giant last week.

Neutrinos and their antimatter counterparts have shown a small difference that may explain why the universe did not destroy itself during the Big Bang, scientists have reported at major conference.

People can carry a "silent" red hair gene that raises their risk of dangerous skin cancer, experts warn.

Grass species of crops adopt an "austerity" strategy and limits the development of its root system during times of drought, a study reveals.

How non-human archaeology revealed ancient evidence of monkey tool-use.

Climate change could have a domino effect on key infrastructure, government advisers warn in a 2,000-page report assessing risks and opportunities for the UK.

Capuchin monkeys in Brazil have used stone tools for at least 700 years, according to scientists.

The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has begun what should be its penultimate flight, leaving Seville in Spain bound for Cairo in Egypt.

Radiation levels in the Pacific are almost back to their pre-Fukushima levels (except around Fukishima itself), and are expected to have fully recovered by 2020.

Archaeologists in Israel say they hope the discovery of a Philistine cemetery will shed new light on the mysterious migrant people.

An archaeological dig is under way on what experts say is a very rare undisturbed Bronze Age burial mound in Lancashire.

Russian, American and Japanese astronauts enter the International Space Station.

The Victoria Derbyshire programme discusses the controversial use of homeopathy by vets as more than 2,300 people sign a petition calling for the treatment to be banned.

Scientists have designed a robotic stingray powered by light-activated muscle cells.

About 1,000 of the UK's vets sign a petition calling for a ban on homeopathy being prescribed to animals.

Foreign fishing vessels operate illegally off the coast of Guinea, depleting its fish population and destroying marine life. Despite the economic and social consequences of illegal fishing, the Guinean government has failed to police its waters because it doesn't have money to operate surveillance equipment, as the BBC's Tamasin Ford reports.

A doomed Japanese satellite managed to capture a spectacular view of a cluster of galaxies 250 million light years away just before it died, scientists reveal.

A month-old male giant panda cub in Belgium's Pairi Daiza wildlife park is growing fast and gaining weight - but still not quite standing up.