US Dragon crewship launches to space station
"It's an important start because we fly Thomas today but then we fly Matthias Maurer in the Fall and then...
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Chernobyl radiation damage ‘not passed to children’
The new study was led by Prof Meredith Yeager, at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), in Maryland. It focused...
What is the Paris climate agreement and why did the US rejoin?
By Helen BriggsScience correspondent, BBC NewsPublished10 hours agoRelated TopicsThe US has pledged to cut carbon emissions in half, compared with...
Coffee waste: Companies offer up new solutions
The pandemic has slowed down take-up of the cup, but it has still been adopted by organisations including the Wildfowl...
Climate change: Have countries kept their promises?
"But in the Philippines, the market has been really important in determining investments for quite some time. And I think...
Russia plans its own space station in 2025
Relations between Russia and the US and several European countries have frayed recently too. US ambassador John Sullivan is to...
Climate change: Carbon ‘surge’ expected in post-Covid energy boom
"As we have seen at the country-level in the past 15 years, the countries that succeed to cut their emissions...
The best climate solution you’ve never heard of
Ángel is part of a chain of people working to stop these gases causing damage to the planet. Teams from...
China and US pledge climate change commitment
One outcome from the US-China meeting is the acknowledgement that finance flows should be channelled to low-carbon projects, not high...
These teenage climate activists are pushing for change in Australia
Bushfires in Australia in January 2020 destroyed lives, homes and wildlife. A study by the World Weather Attribution consortium said...
‘Whitest ever’ paint reflects 98% of sunlight
Commercially available white paints reflect between 80% and 90% of sunlight, according to lead researcher Prof Xiulin Ruan from Purdue,...
Google Earth time-lapses show a changing planet
Google has drawn on satellite images dating back 37 years to introduce a time-lapse feature to its tool that lets...
COP26: Delaying key climate meeting preferable to ‘messing it up’
"I think if that is a successful session, if we do advanced negotiations on issues like carbon markets and transparency...
World’s wealthiest ‘at heart of climate problem’
But the lead author of the report, Prof Peter Newell, from Sussex University, told BBC News: “We are totally in...
Saving the kelp forest that stars in My Octopus Teacher
The Bafta-winning Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher focuses on a film-maker who befriends an octopus.But the unsung star of the...
Why India and Nepal’s forest fires are worrying scientists
"Government planners usually think about forests just as carbon sinks. They often forget forest fires, and how they can become...
Would you wear ‘Iron Man’ body armour?
This expansion, which has come together with rapid advances in the technology, has seen exoskeletons increasingly used by manufacturing workers....
Ocean noise: Study to measure the oceans’ ‘year of quiet’
"There is so much we can learn from just listening to the sound of the ocean," she said. "One of...
