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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'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.

A pioneering new treatment is giving is new hope for those with macular degeneration, as Pallab Ghosh reports.

The EU's newest Earth observation satellite, Sentinel-1b, has returned its first radar imagery - of Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago.

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.

Scientists describe the processes that drive "ice sails" - a rare and somewhat esoteric feature of debris covered glaciers.

Russia launches the first rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome, following a 24-hour delay that drew the ire of President Vladimir Putin.

Billionaire Elon Musk plans to send his Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018.

Scientists in the US have mapped out how the brain organises language.

More than 30 lions which have been rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia are to be flown to a sanctuary in South Africa.

The aftermath of the Chernobyl explosion

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.

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.

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.

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.

The emissions of carbon dioxide from industrial society has spurred a huge growth in trees and other plants, says a report.

In the first study of its kind, scientists have been able to measure the climatic effect of a wind farm on the local environment.

A gorilla has given birth at Prague Zoo, without keepers noticing she was pregnant.

UK astronaut Tim Peake has run the distance of the London Marathon on a treadmill in the International Space Station (ISS).

The zero-fuel aeroplane Solar Impulse completes a three-day flight from Hawaii across the Pacific Ocean, to land in California.

Amid hope and hype, delegates have finished signing the Paris climate agreement at UN headquarters in New York.

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.

The first significant step to putting the Paris Climate Agreement into practice will take place at the UN on Friday when nearly 170 nations are expected to formally sign the deal.

Modern birds owe their survival to ancestors who were able to peck on seeds after the meteor strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, a study suggests.

Establishing new nature reserves with strict protection measures actually fails local communities and wildlife in the Congo Basin, a report says.

Scientists at Glasgow University establish a world first by cracking the communication code of our brains.

The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, renews its effort to circumnavigate the globe, leaving Hawaii to fly across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco.

The ground convulsion resulting from North Korea's underground nuclear bomb test in January has been mapped by Europe's Sentinel-1a radar satellite.

A group of world leaders and international finance chiefs has urged the world to rapidly expand the pricing of carbon pollution.

Scientists build a mathematical model that explains the secrets of the chameleon's extraordinary tongue.

The LHC is not just the world's most powerful particle accelerator, it could also be its biggest rain meter.

The UK science community draws vital benefits from EU membership and could lose influence in the event of an exit, says a House of Lords report.

Heidelberg researchers are following vehicles through city streets, sampling their exhaust plumes to get a real-world perspective on emissions.

Scientists think they can now tie the disruption that hit Mayan civilisation in the 6th Century to an eruption of the El Chichon volcano.

Baboons form a queue and wait their turn for access to a patch of food, according to researchers.

China is due to announce more details about a mission to Mars.

European scientists are meeting in Paris to consider their best option for exploring Europa, the moon of Jupiter widely regarded as the most likely place beyond Earth to support microbial life.

A duck from the US state of Wisconsin which lost both feet to frostbite has been fitted with a new pair made on a 3D printer.

Being in the European Union benefits environmental protection in the UK, a committee of MPs says although a leading Conservative member says its arguments are flawed.

The dinosaurs were already in decline 50 million years before the asteroid strike that finally wiped them out, a study suggests.

Natural disasters around the globe have resulted in economic losses of roughly $7 trillion since 1900, according to a new calculation from scientists.

An activist's undercover work to shed light on illegal logging in Cambodia's forests has been recognised by the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.

A European Space Agency effort to try to detect gravitational waves in space is not only technically feasible but compelling, a new report finds.

The French government is "completely committed" to building the UK's Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, France's economy minister tells the BBC.

An experimental inflatable module has been attached to the International Space Station remotely by a Nasa ground control team.

The zero-fuel aircraft Solar Impulse is ready to resume its round-the-world challenge following repairs in Hawaii.

Scientists in Japan say they have developed ultra-thin electronic "skin" that can measure oxygen levels when stuck to the body.

The English school that unearthed a Soviet space secret

Poster competition to raise awareness about wildlife conservation gains 300 entries from around the world with winners coming from the UK, China and Africa.

The UK steel industry is doomed unless it embraces cutting-edge technology, a Cambridge professor warns.