Mars: The box seeking to answer the biggest question
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA delicate operation: The ALD is lowered into the body of the...
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Spain alarmed by French bear’s attacks on sheep
Image copyright oncfs Image caption France released two Slovenian brown bears in the Pyrenees last October A female brown bear...
Brazil’s Vale warns another mining dam at risk of collapse
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBrazil's mining dams: A disaster waiting to happen?Brazil's mining firm Vale has...
Single mum’s Nasa internship funded by strangers
Image copyright India Jackson When India Jackson was offered a truly out-of-this-world internship at space agency Nasa she was delighted.There...
Will India energy pledges lead to CO2 rise?
Image caption India's CO2 emissions is predicted to roughly double by 2040 India's major political parties competing in the ongoing...
Crickets have hit the high street – can they save the planet?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fancy some crispy crickets for lunch? Not that long ago, many of us would...
Bedbugs survived the dinosaur extinction event
Image copyright Mike Siva-Jothy Image caption Up close, the mouthparts the bugs use to suck blood are clearly visible A...
Chang’e-4: Chinese rover ‘confirms’ Moon crater theory
Image copyright CLEP Image caption The Chang'e-4 rover has been exploring Von Kármán crater since January this year The Chinese...
Wood wide web: Trees’ social networks are mapped
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionScientists have mapped the underground network of fungi that provide trees with...
Olive tree killer disease still poses risk to Europe
Image copyright EPPO Image caption The invasive pathogen has affected thousands of hectares of olive plantations in Puglia, southern Italy...
Jakobshavn Isbrae: Mighty Greenland glacier slams on brakes
Image copyright Copernicus Sentinel data (2019)/Esa Image caption Jakobshavn in April this year: The glacier is an important drainage outlet...
We cannot evict birds with netting, say MPs
The practice of putting nets over trees and hedgerows to prevent birds from nesting should stop or at least be...
Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag
Image copyright Tamara Stubbs Image caption The latest dive reached 10,927m (35,849ft) beneath the waves - a new record An...
Apollo Moon landing: The 13 minutes that defined a century
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCommunications were playing up and fuel was running lowThe BBC World Service...
Climate change ‘may curb growth in UK flying’
Image copyright PA Image caption The decision on Heathrow expansion should be reviewed by Parliament, pressure group Plan B says...
How do you learn to drive on Mars?
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEngineers test the rover design's ability to cope with large obstacles in...
Europe ‘takes too much of Earth resources’
Image copyright Getty Images People in Europe are snatching more than their fair share of the world’s resources, a report...
Jeff Bezos unveils Moon lander concept
Image copyright Reuters Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mock-up of a new lunar lander spacecraft that aims to...
