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Virgin Galactic's chief astronaut instructor, Beth Moses, describes the experience of spaceflight.

Researchers aim to "set the record straight" on how the virus transferred from bats into humans.

It's not the new record temperatures that concern the BBC's Roger Harrabin - it's the way they were smashed.

Experts are heartened by a new found interest in the "underappreciated and under-threat" insects.

Without global warming, the searing heat seen in the western US and Canada "just doesn't occur," say scientists.

North America experienced its warmest June on record and experts say the figures are frightening.

An Australian craft brewery is using microalgae to turn their carbon emissions into oxygen.

Marina Vitaglione used a traditional photographic process to create striking images of air pollution in London.

Converting agricultural land to forestry would boost summer rains by 7.6% on average, a study finds.

The population of the rare saiga has more than doubled since 2019, reversing a slide towards extinction.

As Arctic sea-ice melts in a warming world, it causes the world to heat more rapidly.

Maps, graphics and charts explaining the Canada and north-west US heatwave, with temperatures at nearly 50C.

Mining returns to the UK as the green revolution drives the need for more minerals and metals.

The monarch was visiting the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute during her visit to Scotland.

A "last ice area" is crucial for the survival of polar bears but is suffering from climate change.

Pet owners with Covid could infect about 20% of cats and dogs, although most symptoms are mild.

One of the world's largest eagles has "nearly zero" chance of surviving deforestation, study shows.

The cash injection comes after the British government and Bharti Global bailed out the company last year.

The vehicle runs on regular fuel and can travel up to 1,000km while airborne, its creator says.

A genetic study shows wild boar are thriving and breeding with domestic pigs from abandoned farms.

MPs say that the government's plans for nature are wholly insufficient to stem the losses of plants and species.

The competition has received more than 4,500 entries from people in 75 countries.

Scientists piece together clues from "patient zero", who likely caught the plague from a rodent.

Separate collisions of a neutron star and a black hole are detected in a short space of time.

As links between climate change and extreme weather events increase, experts predict more lawsuits.

Climate change has ended political careers in Australia and action over it remains widely debated.

Who was the mysterious Isabella Allen and what was her contribution to 19th Century botanical science?

Chinese researchers unveil an ancient skull that could belong to a completely new species of human.

Researchers working in Israel have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human.

Called the "cosmic dawn", this period happened between 250 and 350 million years after the Big Bang.

The UK public should be urged by the government to eat less meat and dairy produce, advisers say.

A plant that could remove the equivalent to 40 million trees every year is planned for Scotland.

Scientists think they may have pinpointed an elusive "living compass" behind birds' epic migrations.

With Britain's offshore wind power capacity growing at speed, we see how huge turbines are installed.

Shifting to electric vehicles will still leave the UK with transport problems, a report says.

Scientists find evidence parts of Venus's rocky surface move around like bits of ocean pack ice.

Coloured graphics designed by a Reading academic represent changing temperatures over time

It is the first African country to get money for reducing carbon emissions through forest protection.

Canberra lashes out as the UN says the reef should join a list of World Heritage Sites "in danger".

Up to 40% of lead in airborne particles comes from the legacy of leaded petrol, researchers say.

By manipulating genes scientists say they can create better-tasting produce, but is it necessary?

A conservation group says a project to protect the predators has dealt a "major blow" to seabirds.

Boris Johnson says the country will be able to "breathe life into more breakthroughs".

There are many ways to reduce a property's environmental impact, says the Energy Saving Trust.

Singapore sees its traditional rag and bone collectors as key to its sustainability plans.

Three weeks of talks see little movement amid worries about the impact of Covid on poorer nations.

The Paraceratherium linxiaense was taller than a giraffe and weighed as much as four large African elephants.

The coelacanth was thought to live for about 20 years, but a new study suggests it's nearer 100.

Canadian company General Fusion is set to build a $400m fusion demonstrator near Oxford.

Three astronauts successfully take off for China's longest ever human spaceflight mission.