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Anti-pollution law to threaten water bosses with jail

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:40:42 GMT

New legislation gives regulators more powers to tackle water pollution in England and Wales.

Witness to Titan sub tragedy tells of fear and false hope

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:41:35 GMT

Rory Golden, who was on the Titan sub's support ship when it went missing, recounts the experience.

SpaceX docks at ISS to collect stranded astronauts

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 01:43:07 GMT

The craft will return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stranded since June - to Earth.

Climate change supercharged Europe floods - scientists

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:06:20 GMT

A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.

Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 23:56:16 GMT

After a successful launch, the upper-stage of the rocket goes on to experience an anomaly.

Joyful welcome by stranded astronauts for SpaceX capsule crew

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:00:32 GMT

A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked.

The great gene editing debate: can it be safe and ethical?

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:17:18 GMT

A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken.

Musk's SpaceX to destroy retired space station

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:18:25 GMT

The California-based company will build a "tugboat" to execute the end-of-life disposal of the ISS.

Baby boom prompts call to boost wild beaver population

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:27:17 GMT

A leading conservation group wants the government to give the go-ahead to bringing back beavers in the wild.

Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS – and how they deal with 'space smell'

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:44:52 GMT

As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit.

Brian May argues for better farm hygiene to protect badgers

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:05:27 GMT

The Queen guitarist has led a 10-year study to combat bovine TB spread and help end badger culling.

Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:48:52 GMT

A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora.

Badger culling to end in England within five years

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:24:42 GMT

Efforts to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis will now focus on vaccinating badgers not killing them.

Water firms to be punished for years of sewage leaks

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:00:04 GMT

Thames Water, Northumbrian Water and Yorkshire Water face fines for repeated sewage leaks.

Mystery tremors were from massive nine-day tsunami

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:17:55 GMT

Scientists launched an investigation after being baffled by seismic signals picked up across the world

Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:00:06 GMT

Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust.

Satellite captures first-of-a-kind cloud image

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:26:50 GMT

A joint European-Japanese mission captures a space view of the internal structure of a cloud.

An 'abomination' of a sub – and the boss convinced Titan was safe

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 16:39:48 GMT

A damning picture emerges from a public hearing into the failure of Oceangate’s Titan submersible.

400-year record heat threat to Great Barrier Reef

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:29:30 GMT

The highest sea temperatures in 400 years could threaten the reef's survival, say scientists.

Famous Stonehenge stone came from Scotland not Wales

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:00:04 GMT

Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows.

UK military satellite launches to boost space power

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 19:04:43 GMT

British forces are about to get their first dedicated surveillance and reconnaissance satellite.

Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:20:51 GMT

The UK's nuclear waste needs a permanent home - but finding a community willing to take it is tricky.

Penguin chicks survive tearaway iceberg

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:56:18 GMT

For months a huge iceberg blocked the path of hundreds of penguin chicks but somehow they survived.

Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 23:58:01 GMT

A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up?

World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 23:05:44 GMT

A frozen block of ice far bigger than Greater London is captured in a vast pool of rotating water.

Titan sub disaster: Five key questions that remain

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 01:08:06 GMT

A public hearing is set to examine the events surrounding the catastrophic failure of Oceangate’s submersible.

Rare brightening comet seen passing Earth from Hawaii

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:02:30 GMT

Scientists estimate the last time Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS visited our solar system was 80,000 years ago.

Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 21:29:13 GMT

A new expedition finds that a large part of the railing at the ship's front has fallen away.

Sir David Attenborough: 'The world would be worse off without our stories'

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:51:11 GMT

Sir David Attenborough praises the "beauty" created by the BBC in its natural history shows.

Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:00:20 GMT

A new map showing 50 million neural connections is a 'huge leap' to understanding our own brains.

UK to finish with coal power after 142 years

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:02:44 GMT

The UK's last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, is due to end operations on Monday.

Why the skies turned red over the UK this weekend

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 21:24:41 GMT

Smoke from wildfires in north America has brought a "vivid" hue to skies above Britain ahead of a rare lunar phenomenon.

Scottish isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth'

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 05:07:15 GMT

The islands could reveal why animal life first emerged on our planet after its biggest ever freeze.

The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:15:29 GMT

A second asteroid hit Earth around the same time causing a "catastrophic" event.