Pope warns oil bosses of climate threat
Image copyright Reuters The Pope has told oil company bosses that climate change threatens the future of the "human family"....
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Greenpeace rig protest brought to an end
Image caption A helicopter arriving at the rig The occupation of an oil rig by Greenpeace protesters has been brought...
Scotland’s crannogs are older than Stonehenge
Image copyright Chris Murray Image caption Neolithic pottery was previously found near crannogs in the Western Isles Archaeologists have discovered...
Chinese tombs yield earliest evidence of cannabis use
Image copyright Xinhua Wu Image caption Researchers found the cannabis residues within wooden braziers Researchers have uncovered the earliest known...
Greenland map captures changing Arctic in fine detail
Image copyright BAS Image caption The printed sheet map is 1:4,000,000 scale (1cm = 40km; 1 inch = 63 miles)...
Bermuda land snail: An animal ‘back from the dead’
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe greater Bermuda land snail is back from the brinkThousands of critically...
Hidden Figures: Nasa renames street after black female mathematicians
Image copyright NASA Image caption Katherine Johnson calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space The street...
Chandrayaan-2: India unveils spacecraft for second Moon mission
Image copyright Press Information Bureau, India India's space agency has unveiled its spacecraft that it plans to launch next month...
Chester Zoo elephant calf’s EEHV survival ‘momentous’
Image copyright Chester Zoo Image caption Prof Steinbach said Indali Hi Way's recovery was "wonderful news" An Asian elephant's "rare"...
Plant extinction ‘bad news for all species’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Deforestation in Sumatra Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in...
Grape expectations: DNA reveals history of vintage wine
Image copyright L Bouby Image caption Archaeological grape seeds from France The French were probably sipping wine made from an...
Scientists close in on hidden Scottish meteorite crater
Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption Artwork: If confirmed it would be the biggest impact recorded on what is now the...
Temperature maps from space would ‘boost crop production’
Image copyright ESA Image caption The EU plans to add to its Sentinel Earth observation satellites Scientists are developing a...
Nasa to open International Space Station to tourists
Nasa is to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020.The US space agency said it would open...
Antarctic glaciers to honour ‘satellite heroes’
A series of glaciers in the Antarctic are being named after the satellites that have revealed the changing state of...
Blue belt zones to protect minke whales
Image copyright Kerry Froud/HWDT Image caption The nursery grounds used by minke whales to feed and rest will be protected...
Climate change: Emissions target could cost UK £1tn, warns Hammond
Image copyright PA The chancellor has warned Theresa May that reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 could...
Prehistoric stone engraved with horses found in France
Image copyright Denis Gliksman/Inrap Image caption A generated image of the prehistoric sandstone plate and its engraving A stone believed...
