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'Boaty' ship named after Attenborough
The UK's new polar research ship is to be named RRS Sir David Attenborough, despite Boaty McBoatface previously topping a public vote.
SpaceX records another rocket landing
US company SpaceX makes another successful landing of a rocket booster after launching a satellite to orbit.
Space radar to assess Europe's historic sites
A satellite radar project is under way to assess the geological hazards facing the 400-plus European monuments and sites on the Unesco World Heritage List.
MPs to review 'Boaty' naming process
MPs want to examine the process that has been used to find a name for the UK's new polar research ship - a vessel the public wants to call Boaty McBoatface.
Shower gel plastic beads may face ban
The UK's Environment Minister promises action to cut pollution from facial scrubs and body washes.
'Perfect storm' boosted Alberta fires
The El Niño weather phenomenon and ongoing climate change have both contributed to the devastating Alberta wildfires, according to experts.
Crocodile eyes are built for lurking
Scientists in Australia discover how crocodiles' eyes are adapted to lurking at the water surface to watch and wait for prey.
Embryo study shows 'life's first steps'
Scientists have developed a technique to grow human embryos in the lab past the point they normally implant in the womb.
Mobile game 'helps dementia research'
Dementia researchers develop a video game they hope could further the development of diagnostic tests for the disease.
Tributes for Nobel Laureate Harry Kroto
The science community pays tribute to Nobel Laureate Sir Harry Kroto, who passed away over the weekend aged 76.
Abseiling into an Antarctic chasm
Visit the chasm threatening a British research base
Tim Peake: 'Science can solve problems'
British astronaut Tim Peake says he wants his mission to the space station to change attitudes towards science.
Fat Labradors give clues to obesity
Genes are partly to blame for some dogs getting fat, say scientists who have studied Labrador retrievers.
UK-led satellite to 'weigh' forests
British industry is to lead the construction of the Biomass satellite which will use an innovative radar instrument to essentially weigh the world's trees.
VIDEO: Solar Impulse lands safely in Arizona
Solar Impulse, a plane fuelled only by the sun, has landed in the US state of Arizona after a 16-hour flight from California.
Has Cook's Australia ship been found?
Researchers in the US believe they are a step closer to finding the Endeavour, the ship in which Captain Cook sailed to Australia in 1768.
Australia plans to kill carp with herpes
The Australian politician who declared war on Johnny Depp's dogs has a new enemy - the European carp.
Solar Impulse reaches Arizona
The zero-fuel aeroplane Solar Impulse starts to cross the continental USA, flying the first leg from California to Arizona.
Mars rover project slips to 2020
As expected, the European and Russian space agencies have delayed the launch of their ExoMars robot rover by two years to 2020.
DNA secrets of Ice Age Europe unlocked
Genetic analysis unlocks the secrets of Europe's Ice Age inhabitants.
VIDEO: Helping hand for chilly owls
Barn owls can struggle to survive in cold, wet weather and as low temperatures persist people in Yorkshire are doing their best to give the birds a helping hand as Paul Murphy reports.
VIDEO: Tim Peake drives remote Mars rover
UK astronaut Tim Peake has performed a challenging remote control experiment on the International Space Station.
Weasel shuts down Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator in Switzerland is offline after suffering a short circuit - caused by a weasel.
Tim Peake drives remote robot on Earth
UK astronaut Tim Peake controls a robot vehicle on Earth from the space station, simulating how humans could one day remotely command vehicles on other worlds.
Kenyan call to stamp out ivory trade
President Kenyatta of Kenya urges action to end Africa's illegal trade in ivory as he prepares to host a summit on saving elephants from extinction.
'Sleepless slugs' on rise, say experts
Last year's wet summer, followed by one of the warmest winters on record, has helped to create a generation of sleepless slugs, wildlife experts have warned.
VIDEO: Meet the decoys protecting tiny seabirds
Conservationists have come up with a novel solution, using fake versions of the Little Tern, to try to attract the real ones to find suitable nesting spots.
What is the most expensive object on Earth?
A new nuclear power station in the UK will be the most expensive thing ever built on the planet. True or false?
Tim Peake to control rover from space
British astronaut Tim Peake is set to take part in an experiment to control a space rover on Earth from his base on the International Space Station.
Japan to abandon space satellite forever
Japan's space agency says it will abandon efforts to restore a multimillion dollar satellite sent to explore black holes, after it spun out of control.
VIDEO: Gene therapy could reverse sight loss
A pioneering new treatment is giving is new hope for those with macular degeneration, as Pallab Ghosh reports.
New EU radar satellite takes first image
The EU's newest Earth observation satellite, Sentinel-1b, has returned its first radar imagery - of Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago.
Neonics 'not equally harmful' to bees
The largest field-study so far in to the group of pesticides called "neonicotinoids" has concluded that each acts differently on the brains of the bees.
Glaciers with a flotilla of 'ice sails'
Scientists describe the processes that drive "ice sails" - a rare and somewhat esoteric feature of debris covered glaciers.
Delayed Russian rocket lifts off
Russia launches the first rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome, following a 24-hour delay that drew the ire of President Vladimir Putin.
Mars mission by 2018 says SpaceX
Billionaire Elon Musk plans to send his Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018.
Brain's 'atlas' of words revealed
Scientists in the US have mapped out how the brain organises language.
VIDEO: Rescued circus lions to fly to South Africa
More than 30 lions which have been rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia are to be flown to a sanctuary in South Africa.
VIDEO: The world's worst nuclear disaster
The aftermath of the Chernobyl explosion
James Webb's mirror is revealed
The covers come off the huge mirror that the James Webb Space Telescope - the planned successor to Hubble - will use to detect the light from the first stars to shine in the Universe.
'Human swan' to join Russia migration
A conservationist plans to take flight this autumn alongside thousands of swans as they make a 4,500-mile journey from the Russian arctic to the UK.
Beagle probe 'seen in sharper view'
Supporting evidence that the Beagle-2 probe is sitting intact on the surface of Mars has come from a new imaging technique developed by UCL scientists.
Second EU radar satellite launches
The European Space Agency launches a second radar satellite into the EU's new Sentinel constellation, to acquire a complete map of the Earth every six days.
Rise in CO2 has 'greened Planet Earth'
The emissions of carbon dioxide from industrial society has spurred a huge growth in trees and other plants, says a report.
Wind farms' climate impact recorded
In the first study of its kind, scientists have been able to measure the climatic effect of a wind farm on the local environment.
VIDEO: 'Fat' gorilla surprises zoo with baby
A gorilla has given birth at Prague Zoo, without keepers noticing she was pregnant.
Peake 'runs' London Marathon in space
UK astronaut Tim Peake has run the distance of the London Marathon on a treadmill in the International Space Station (ISS).
Solar Impulse completes Pacific flight
The zero-fuel aeroplane Solar Impulse completes a three-day flight from Hawaii across the Pacific Ocean, to land in California.
Nations sign historic Paris climate deal
Amid hope and hype, delegates have finished signing the Paris climate agreement at UN headquarters in New York.
Constant watch on mighty polar glaciers
The EU’s Sentinel satellite system has begun monitoring six of the biggest glaciers on Earth in near real-time, to check for any changes in behaviour.
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