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Recreating a pioneering computer - in a shed

A spacecraft carrying much-needed US supplies blasts off toward the International Space Station for the first time in months.

Environment and foreign ministers from all over the world gather in Paris on Monday in a final push for a new global climate compact.

The Premier of Alberta, Canada wants to completely phase out coal emissions.

The BBC's Pinpaka Ngmsom meets the wealthy Thai businesswoman being described as the driving force behind Asia's solar energy revolution.

The environmental questions facing the government

The UK government faces criticisms for an alleged mismatch between words and deeds on climate policy.

Delegates at a UN climate conference in Paris have approved a new draft text that they hope will form the basis of a global agreement.

Negotiators are edging towards a compromise on one of the most divisive issues between countries at the COP21 climate change talks in Paris.

The New Horizons probe has at last returned some of the super-sharp pictures it took of Pluto during its historic flyby in July.

A 20 year-old penguin that suffers from arthritis is being moved from his home on the Isle of Wight to a new enclosure in Great Yarmouth.

Why a supersonic car must live in a hybrid world

The BBC's Matthew Price is in Texas, the most oil-rich state in the US, to take your questions on climate change.

How energy storage could save the planet

The longstanding mystery as to why cells prefer the more "wasteful" process of fermentation has been solved and the solution provides a new perspective for cancer research, scientist say.

A new fossil of a strange, extinct three-horned ruminant may be a relative of the modern giraffe.

The British astronaut Tim Peake is going to run next April's London Marathon on a treadmill - in space.

BBC Click's Nick Kwek looks at some of the best of the week's technology news

More than 90% of migratory birds are poorly protected on their marathon journeys around the world, according to research.

Cities around the world could use water from rivers and the sea to stay cool as the climate heats, city mayors have been told.

Mount Etna, the volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, has erupted in spectacular fashion.

Sir Richard Branson is going to use one of his old Virgin Atlantic 747-400 jumbos to act as a platform to launch rockets into orbit.

The Indian government says trucks and buses more than 15 years old will be banned in order to try to reduce soaring pollution levels.

Scientists from across the world are attending a conference in Washington, to discuss the ethics of gene editing.

The EU's latest Earth observer, Sentinel-2a, is now operational, meaning anyone can download its colour views of the planet’s land surface.

One of our best-known birds is added to a list of those that are giving major concern to conservationists.

Europe launches the Lisa Pathfinder satellite, a physics experiment to test the technology needed to detect the warping of space-time produced by events in the cosmos.

India will cut back its skyrocketing use of coal if sufficient cash for renewables emerges from a Paris deal, says a senior negotiator.

Dr Harry Ward of Glasgow University shows off the instrumentation for the Lisa Pathfinder's gravity experiment.

The BBC's Matthew Price hears concerns for the future of Vanuatu from residents of the islands on the front line of the climate change debate.

Engineers in Italy have found a way to harness methane to fuel tractors.

The species hasn't been seen in 15 years

Scientists find footprints - left by some of the biggest dinosaurs ever to have walked on Earth - in a bay on the Isle of Skye.

Attempts to keep global warming to 2 degrees will be wildly off course if all planned coal fire plants around the world are built.

Prince Charles says forest protection is starting to be taken seriously at the UN climate conference in Paris, but too many companies are turning a blind eye

Prince Charles is to call for better protection of the world's forests at the UN climate conference in Paris.

Japanese whaling ships depart for the Antarctic hunt, after a one year pause, despite international opposition.

Scientists set out this week to drill a hole into the Indian Ocean floor to try to get below the Earth's crust for the first time, testing theories about the make-up of the crust on the way down.

Kiribati President Anote Tong says that any possible climate deal is already too late for his country which is planning migration with ''dignity''.

US President Barack Obama says the key UN climate conference in Paris could be a "turning point" in global efforts to limit future temperature rises.

Leaders from 150 nations open a key UN conference in Paris aimed at reaching a deal on curbing carbon emissions to tackle global warning.

Prince Charles told world leaders to "think of your grandchildren, the same as I think of mine"

Sir David Attenborough tells BBC Breakfast that solar energy needs to "undercut the price of energy obtained from oil and coal."

South Africa grapples with worst drought in 30 years

Global leaders are to gather for a UN global warming summit in Paris, with the shadow cast by the recent attacks expected to boost chances of a deal.

Authorities in the Chinese capital Beijing issue their highest smog alert so far this year after pollution readings reach 17 times safe levels.

Demonstrations are getting under way worldwide to demand action to stop climate change on the eve of the UN summit in Paris.

The Pope's senior adviser on global warming has urged Catholics all over the world to join global climate marches planned for Sunday.