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Mutated strain of coronavirus may 'jump back and forth'
A new coronavirus strain could potentially leap to other animals, such as mice and voles, says expert.
Black Friday emissions boom predicted
Climate change: why Black Friday needs patience
Nasa's giant SLS rocket: a guide
Nasa's huge next-generation rocket is undergoing tests ahead of its maiden flight in 2021.
Nasa's new 'megarocket' set for critical tests
The agency's Moon rocket is entering the final stages of testing ahead of its maiden flight in 2021.
Fact-checking the US and China on climate and environment
We fact-check US and Chinese claims about CO2 emissions, plastic waste and illegal timber.
Europe moves ahead with Ariel exoplanet mission
The green light is given to the near-billion-euro space observatory that will study far-off worlds.
Covid: Car use down as second lockdown takes effect
But the roads are much busier than during the first lockdown, new government figures show.
The burning scar: Inside the destruction of Asia’s last rainforests
Exclusive: A forensic investigation finds evidence of deliberate burning in Papua's palm oil plantations.
Birds' genetic secrets revealed in global DNA study
Scientists have sequenced the "code of life" of species from almost every branch of the bird family tree.
Climate change: Hurricanes get stronger on land as world warms
North Atlantic tropical storms are stronger for longer when they hit land because of global warming.
Rolls-Royce plans 16 mini-nuclear plants for UK
The firm says the project will create 6,000 new jobs in the Midlands and the North of England
Climate change: Protecting the rainforest through your shopping basket
Green groups welcome the UK's plan to outlaw the import of food and other goods from protected areas.
Coronavirus: Denmark shaken by cull of millions of mink
Why the "Cluster 5" coronavirus mutation in fur farms has led to a nationwide cull and a political outcry.
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
Historical museum specimens have helped to solve a long standing scientific monkey puzzle.
Student finds mystery pterosaur in Cambridgeshire fossils
Roy Smith made his "exciting" discovery while trawling through wrongly-identified shark fossils.
Rock mining with microbes may aid space explorers
UK scientists show how astronauts on the Moon or Mars could one day mine for metals using bacteria.
Hurricane season: Record number of named Atlantic storms
Theta is the 29th Atlantic storm this hurricane season and another system is forming in the Caribbean.
Two-million-year-old skull of human 'cousin' unearthed
The fossil from a large-toothed species helps shed more light on how humans evolved, researchers say.
Joe Biden: How the president-elect plans to tackle climate change
What will a Joe Biden presidency mean for the global battle against rising temperatures?
'Mutant coronavirus' seen before on mink farms, say scientists
The coronavirus mutation found in farmed mink in Denmark has arisen in the past, genetic data shows.
What's the science behind mink and coronavirus?
Denmark's mink-related coronavirus scare has caused alarm, but scientists urge caution.
UK's nuclear future to be decided at key meeting
The government is committed to building nuclear power stations to decarbonise the UK's electricity.
Eve Online video game helps scientists understand Covid-19
Gamers have completed 47 million mini-game tasks amounting to 36 years categorising cells.
Virgin Hyperloop pod transport tests first passenger journey
The "sci-fi" travel concept involves travelling in pods inside vacuum tubes at very high speeds.
How artificial intelligence may be making you buy things
Retailers are increasingly using AI to try to predict and encourage what customers purchase.
Saving India's tigers from extinction
How the Indian government launched ‘Project Tiger’ to save the animals from extinction
Alan Turing: Stolen items to be returned to UK from US after decades
A collection of items belonging to the Bletchley Park code-breaker were stolen from Dorset in 1984.
Climate change: A tale of frequent fliers and weird electricity
Tackling climate change will need action right across society and the economy - with a host of new incentives.
Back from the dead: Race to save Romania's 65 million-year-old fish
The nocturnal, prehistoric Asprete has teetered on the brink of extinction for decades.
Mossmorran: Carbon emissions from flaring revealed
CO2 equivalent to 9,140 people flying return to New York may have been emitted from Mossmorran during October flaring.
Student ‘blown away’ after capturing Mars from garden
Joel Miller filmed the red planet using a telescope and a DSLR camera in his back garden.
UK energy plant to use liquid air
The 50MW facility near Manchester hopes to store enough power for roughly 50,000 homes.
Poor diet: Children 20cm shorter as a result, analysis says
A global analysis suggests that on average the world's tallest teenagers live in the Netherlands.
Bentley reveals plan to go fully electric by 2030
The luxury carmaker will scrap petrol engines within a decade and become carbon neutral.
The foul-smelling fuel that could power big ships
Engineers think ammonia, if made sustainably, could be a greener fuel for shipping, but challenges remain.
Coronavirus: Denmark imposes lockdowns amid mink covid fears
Cases of a mutated strain of Covid-19 have been detected that may undermine future vaccines.
Denmark to cull up to 17 million mink amid coronavirus fears
Cases of a mutated strain of Covid-19 have been detected that may undermine future vaccines.
Gentoo penguins are four species, not one
Counting the birds as four species will help conservation efforts, and threats from climate change.
Extend scheme for cosy homes, green groups say
A coalition of environmentalists want a scheme offering home insulation grants extended to 2030.
Enigmatic fast radio burst pinned on magnetised dead star
For the first time, astronomers have managed to trace a so-called fast radio burst to a specific source.
Climate change: US formally withdraws from Paris agreement
After a three year wait, the US becomes the first nation to leave the Paris climate pact.
A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia
If the world's biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastate local wildlife.
The Somali man who has a scorpion named after him
Somali environmentalist Ahmed Ibrahim Awale hopes it will inspire African researchers.
Oxford: The soggy view from UK's oldest rain record
Like the country as a whole, Oxford's Radcliffe weather station recorded an extremely wet October.
Durham University Prof Carlos Frenk's prize a 'huge honour'
Prof Carlos Frenk is one of the originators of a theory on dark matter and galaxies.
Could Scotland ever be 'the Saudi Arabia of renewables'?
Not for the first time, politicians highlight Scotland's potential to generate renewable energy.
Rare 'blue moon' to enchant Halloween stargazers
A full moon at Halloween is a rare event but this year it is a blue moon which is even more unusual.
Great fox-spider rediscovered on MoD land in Surrey
The great fox-spider had not been seen since the early 1990s and was feared extinct in the UK.
Climate change: You've got cheap data, how about cheap power too?
The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution?
Cheaper to prevent pandemics than 'cure' them
Preventing pandemics could be more than 100 times cheaper than tackling their deadly effects.
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