Boeing’s Starliner astronaut capsule launches on test flight
The re-run is following the same planned profile: an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station. That said, an anthropomorphic...
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Extinction: Why scientists are freezing threatened species in ‘biobanks’
Earlier this year at Chester, Goshi, a nine-year-old female jaguar, was found dead in her enclosure. Vet Gabby Drake carefully...
Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told
In response, Ofsted's Dr Jasper Green told the committee that school inspectors were already addressing how to improve girls' participation...
Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves
The new analysis comes as a State of the Climate report from the World Meteorological Organisation, the UN's atmospheric science...
Climate change: Airlines miss all but one target – report
In response to the report Matt Gorman, chair of the industry body Sustainable Aviation Coalition, told BBC News: "Technology improvements...
Vaquita: World’s most endangered sea mammal ‘not doomed’
"Our study very clearly shows that the vaquita has a really good chance of avoiding extinction, if we are able...
Climate change: Spring egg-laying shifts by three weeks
Researchers have certainly lived up to the condition of that bequest. In an area of about 800 acres, there are...
Rocket Lab: Helicopter catches returning booster over the Pacific
His new venture, E-Space, proposes to loft tens of thousands of satellites. But mindful of the congestion in orbit and...
Rural areas held back by housing and infrastructure woes, report warns
Calling it "one of the most comprehensive inquiries into the productivity of the rural economy" the co-chairman of the APPG,...
Cambridge University study finds Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian
The pair worked together to decipher royal food lists and discovered similar patterns of servings - like a modest amount...
Sir David Attenborough named Champion of the Earth by UN
"If we stand a chance of averting climate and biodiversity breakdowns and cleaning up polluted ecosystems, it's because millions of...
Scientists appeal to trace meteorite near Shrewsbury
Prof Joy, from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Manchester University added: "The meteorite won't be hot and...
Climate change: COP26 promises will hold warming under 2C
"There are options available for policymakers to respond to the current crisis that can also be in line with our...
NZ professor snorkels over Tonga volcano
"And because most of the evidence is underwater, there needs to be these boat studies, as well as the studies...
Shock result in particle experiment could spark physics revolution
Dr Mitesh Patel of Imperial College, who works at the LHC, believes that if the Fermilab result is confirmed, it...
UK farmers call for weedkiller ban over Parkinson’s fears
He said farmers who used it without protective equipment, damaging their skin, should be worried. "If they went out the...
US astronaut and Russian cosmonauts return to Earth
Nasa astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov shared a capsule on their flight back...
Climate change: Heatwave temperature threshold raised in England by Met Office
"Temperature rise has been greatest across parts of central and eastern England, where it has increased by more than 1.0C...
