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Three new studies resolve some of the inconsistencies in our understanding of the Moon's birth, including the violent impact that started the process.

There could be up to 100 billion barrels of oil onshore beneath the South of England, says exploration firm UK Oil & Gas.

Scientists in Dallas, Texas, have excavated a 100 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered by five-year-old Wylie Brys while playing with his father.

Atlantic salmon numbers have fallen at an alarming rate despite best efforts of conservation

A study of blind crustaceans living in deep, dark caves shows that evolution is rapidly withering the visual parts of their brain.

Engineers unveil a flexible aluminium battery which they say could offer a cheap, fast-charging and safe alternative to current designs.

What is it like to climb Everest?

The iconic name Brontosaurus, which was once used to describe a titanic family of dinosaurs, is being revived after it was killed off more than a century ago.

How will California enforce its strict water rules?

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports from Delhi, considered by the World Health Organization to be the most polluted city in the world last year.

The Large Hadron Collider restarts after a two-year rebuild, with scientists hoping it will provide answers to fundamental questions about the universe.

The LHC sets its sights on a new kind of physics

David Shukman visits the Large Hadron Collider to see the final preparations and look at what the next stage of experiments might discover.

The deadly battle for the animal more valuable than gold

Biotechnology start-up companies are increasingly turning to crowdfunding in order to find investors for their business.

A record number of rhinos were slaughtered for their horns in South Africa last year, and fears are growing for the survival of the species in the wild.

Astronomers witness a key stage in the birth of a very heavy star, using two radio telescope views of the process taken 18 years apart.

Biologists are calling on the public to report sightings of rabbits and hares as part of a conservation effort.

An outline agreement on the future shape of the Iranian nuclear programme is reached after marathon talks between Iran and six major powers.

Pictures from California's record-breaking drought

The Bloodhound car will be bullet-proof as well as fast

The satellite Europe will be sending to Mars early next year enters its final test programme.

Large quantities of plastic debris are building up in the Mediterranean Sea, say scientists.

A camel, whose intact skeleton has been found in a 300-year-old Austrian cellar, was probably ridden by the invading Ottoman army in 1683.

A novel delivery system for perfume would ensure that a person smells better the more they sweat, scientists have said.

Engineers create unpowered exoskeleton "boots" that use a spring and a ratchet to make human walking 7% more efficient.

The Force - the mysterious energy field used by the Jedi in Star Wars - has been discovered by researchers at the Cern laboratory in an April Fools prank.

EU milk quotas are scrapped, bringing an end to more than 30 years of efforts to prevent overproduction.

The scale of China's land reclamation in the South China Sea is leading to "serious questions" on its intentions, a top US official says.

Has the media lost interest in climate change?

A one-year experiment asks if learning is more about hard work than natural ability

The RSPCA says it is looking after so many abandoned horses, donkeys and ponies that it cannot take in any more.

£135,000 was spent relocating water voles so work could begin dredging two Somerset rivers in 2014.

The short circuit delaying the restart of the Large Hadron Collider has been fixed, after a blast of high current melted the metal particle responsible.

The US has pledged to tackle climate change by cutting its carbon emissions 26-28% by 2025.

New renewable generating capacity broke the 100GW barrier in 2014, equivalent to the entire fleet of nuclear power plants in the US, a UN report shows.

A study finds that ants on board the International Space Station still use teamwork to search new areas, despite falling off the walls of their containers for up to eight seconds.

Fossils from the ocean floor are yielding clues to the Indian monsoon millions of years ago.

Researchers at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington say whale communication depends on jaw movements and the methods these mammals use to catch food.

Is fibre key to connecting Africa?

A new multimillion dollar project that uses solar power to treat underground saline water is offering a ray of hope in south east Pakistan.

Solar Impulse, the fuel-free aeroplane, lands in Chongqing, China, to complete leg five of its attempt to fly around the world.

The mystery of Mercury's dark surface can be explained by a steady dusting of carbon from passing comets, research suggests.

Researchers in Denmark have discovered that porpoises can adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt.

Porpoises finely adjust the size of the beams of sound they use to hunt - using sound like a searchlight to trap their prey, a study finds.

The Solar Impulse 2 plane has departed from Mandalay in Myanmar as part of its round-the-world flight, Kasia Madera reports

A light bulb made with graphene - said by its UK developers to be the first commercially viable consumer product using the super-strong carbon - is to go on sale later this year.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has docked at the International Space Station carrying three astronauts, two of whom are due to spend a record 12 months there.

US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko arrive for a 12-month tour of duty on the International Space Station.