The medieval knight who went into space
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Richard went into space in 2008, paying $30m for the privilege The BBC's weekly...
Science
Newcastle University films grey seals clapping underwater
Researchers believe they are the first to film grey seals clapping their flippers underwater.Dr Ben Burville from Newcastle University has...
Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms
Image copyright EPA Image caption The UN says the situation in the Horn of Africa is the worst in 25...
Koalas found dead on Australia logging plantation
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Koalas face a number of threats to their habitat - logging, as well as bushfires...
Inside the hidden ‘power tunnels’ of London
Deep underneath London is a hidden network of tunnels powering the network.With Londoners encouraged to buy more electric cars and...
Solar Orbiter completes preparation for launch
Image copyright ULA/@GDavisPhotos Image caption Packed inside its protective fairing, SolO heads off to be mated with the Atlas Europe's...
Amazon rainforest: The 90-year-old trying to stop destruction
Newsnight was given rare access to a once-in-a-generation meeting of indigenous groups trying to save the Amazon.Environmental campaigners and indigenous...
Mega-constellation firms meet European astronomers
Image copyright Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory Image caption SpaceX's Starlink satellites have been leaving streaks in telescope images Leading satellite mega-constellation...
Climate change: UK sacks its UN conference president
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mrs O'Neill had already put in a lot of work to prepare the way...
Plastic pollution: ‘Hidden’ chemicals build up in seabirds
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A seagull struggles to take flight while covered by a plastic bag Plastic pollution...
Wisbech bees killed by ‘morons’ in hive attack
Image copyright CAMBRIDGESHIRE POLICE Image caption Police want to identify two men caught on CCTV footage after upsetting the hives...
Bill proposes ban on plastic waste exports
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Plastic waste often ends up in developing countries Exporting polluting plastic waste to developing countries...
‘Bald’ hedgehog returns to wild after re-growing spines
Image copyright PA Media Image caption The hedgehog's fur and hair have grown back and it is now a healthy...
Jersey ‘drowned landscape’ could yield Ice Age insights
Image copyright UCL Image caption The team will base themselves at Seymour Tower, an 18th Century offshore fortification Archaeologists are...
Essex beaver flood defences ‘stood up well’ in winter rain
Image caption The beavers have created dams using sticks and mud Flood defences made by two beavers have "stood up...
Greta Thunberg to trademark ‘Fridays for Future’
Image copyright AFP Image caption The teenager's #FridaysForFuture protest has grown into a global movement Climate change activist Greta Thunberg...
Two satellites in close shave over US city of Pittsburgh
Image copyright NASA Image caption A drawing of one of the satellites on the near miss course Two satellites hurtling...
Coronavirus: The US laboratory developing a vaccine
Scientists in the US have told the BBC they could have a vaccine for the new coronavirus ready for use...
