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Global sea-level rise since the 1970s has been predominantly driven by greenhouse gas emissions and not natural climate variability, a study suggests.

Professor Stephen Hawking backs a project to send spaceships to another solar system within a generation

Astronomers have defined a class of planet that have had their atmospheres stripped away by their host stars.

A python estimated to be 8m (26ft) long has died three days after being captured on the Malaysian island of Penang, officials say.

UK astronaut Tim Peake successfully captures and berths the latest cargo ship to visit the International Space Station.

The estimated number of wild tigers in the world has risen for the first time in more than a century, say conservationists.

The number of wild tigers has gone up for the first time in a century, according to new figures released by the World Wildlife Fund.

Astrophysicists outline what Planet Nine might be like - if indeed it exists.

The private space company SpaceX successfully lands a rocket on a barge floating off the Florida coast.

The US aerospace company SpaceX successfully lands a reusable rocket on an ocean platform, after four previous attempts failed.

Tata Steel is refusing to comment on claims it has made £700m windfall profits from a policy designed to protect the climate.

Experiments show how ribose - an important sugar for life - can form when a simple icy mixture is hit by UV light.

An online competition to become the "chief wombat cuddler" of a baby wombat in Tasmania, has made the tiny marsupial something of a celebrity.

Incompatibilities in the DNA of Neanderthals and modern humans may have limited the extent of interbreeding between the two groups.

While reporting from the Antarctic, the BBC's Victoria Gill takes a dip in the near-freezing sea.

Reducing food waste and changing the way people consume calories will help deliver a sustainable food system and reduce emissions, a study suggests.

British scientists who have set up a network of penguin-monitoring cameras in Antarctica are asking the public to help them carry out their research.

How a newly launched Antarctic citizen science project allows young amateur explorers to adopt and monitor their own penguin colony.

Two studies confirm that multiple supernovae have showered the Earth with radiation within the last few million years.

A team of technologists working with Microsoft and others produce a 3D-printed painting in the style of Dutch master Rembrandt.

Red deer on the outer Scottish islands were probably brought there in boats by Neolithic humans from as far away as mainland Europe, according to a study of ancient and modern deer DNA.

Red deer on the outer Scottish islands were probably brought there in boats by Neolithic humans from as far away as mainland Europe, according to a study of ancient and modern deer DNA.

A hunter in the US tells the BBC how he shot an 800lb (360kg) "monster alligator" that was feasting on his farm's cattle.

An expedition gets under way to drill into the Chicxulub Crater, the deep scar made in the Earth's surface by the asteroid that hastened the end of the dinosaurs.

An expedition gets under way to drill into the Chicxulub Crater, the deep scar made in the Earth's surface by the asteroid that hastened the end of the dinosaurs.

Scientists may be closer to revealing the route taken by Hannibal as he crossed to Alps to attack ancient Rome.

Scientists may be closer to revealing the route taken by Hannibal as he crossed to Alps to attack ancient Rome.

An animal welfare charity attempts to trap a raccoon that was spotted several miles from where one was filmed in the Scottish Highlands.

A government consultation on whether to change the rules governing how contractors deal with protected species when developing sites ends this week.

A government consultation on whether to change the rules governing how contractors deal with protected species when developing sites ends this week.

Vitamin D supplements may help people with a failing heart, a study suggests.

Vitamin D supplements may help people with a failing heart, a study suggests.

A newly discovered 430 million-year-old creature appears to have dragged its offspring around on strings, like underwater kites.

A newly discovered 430 million-year-old creature appears to have dragged its offspring around on strings, like underwater kites.

Space transportation company Blue Origin say they have successfully launched and landed a suborbital rocket, which is capable of carrying six passengers, for the third time.

Meet the man who shoots 30,000 wallabies a year

New rules governing how contractors deal with protected species could mean great crested newts remain in their current habitats.

The average English-speaker has about 50,000 words in their mind. But how do they find the right one in 600 milliseconds?

Computer science A-levels in the 1970s

As calls for African science investment get louder, the BBC meets some of the continent’s world-beating young researchers at a forum in Senegal.

Scientists create artificial skin, made from mouse stem cells, that integrates successfully and even sprouts hairs when transplanted into another mouse.

Scientists create artificial skin, made from mouse stem cells, that integrates successfully and even sprouts hairs when transplanted into another mouse.

Perfectly backlit by our star, Comet 67P was photographed in dramatic fashion this week by the Rosetta spacecraft - 260 million km from Earth.

A turtle in Seattle has undergone experimental therapy involving a hyperbaric chamber to try and treat its buoyancy disorder.

Hundreds of the most common bird species in Europe and the US are having their populations altered by climate change, according to scientists.

Wildlife officials express concern as white-nose syndrome, which has killed millions of bats in eastern US, is detected on the country's west coast.

The world's two largest carbon emitters have issued a joint statement confirming that both countries will sign the Paris Climate Agreement next month.

We should shine lasers into space if we want to hide our presence from alien civilisations, two US-based astronomers suggest.