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Prince of Wales tells villagers 'holistic' approach is needed to tackle flooding
Prince William visits residents of Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, who have faced four floods in six years.
The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral with two Americans, a Russian and a Canadian who will spend up to six months aboard the International Space Station.
Bluetongue restriction zone to be expanded across all of Scotland
The Scottish government said the decision will simplify trading for farmers, hauliers, and auction markets.
The rare Bog Grass Moth found in nature reserve for first time
Experts called it a "special surprise" to find an "incredibly sparse moth" in this habitat.
Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest
Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.
The AI telling farmers when to harvest
Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?
Trekkers helicoptered off mountains as more deadly landslides hit Nepal
A month after mass catastrophic flooding, around 30 people have died in landslides and heavy rain.
Michael Sheen campaign on toxic waste sites wins Senedd backing
All parties urge Welsh and UK ministers to ensure polluters pay to clean up contaminated land.
Meet '89 Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week
The brown bear, described by one supporter as having both the "chonk and the badonk", will shortly enter hibernation, which can last up to six months.
Orionid meteor shower to streak across night sky this week
The Orionid meteor shower peaks in October as Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley’s Comet.
Watch: Moment a government building collapses into a river in Nepal amid floods
The municipality building in Baglung was left teetering on an unstable ledge due to floods before it fell into a river.
Gold beetles to Darwin's finds - the 70 million museum artefacts going online
More than 70 million specimens from 100 UK collections will be put into an online digital museum
The rare Bog Grass Moth found in nature reserve for first time
Experts called it a "special surprise" to find an "incredibly sparse moth" in this habitat.
Michael Sheen campaign on toxic waste sites wins Senedd backing
All parties urge Welsh and UK ministers to ensure polluters pay to clean up contaminated land.
Only 28% of nurdles 'recovered', researchers say
Scientists predict that nurdles will continue to wash up on North East beaches.
Young minds develop ideas to tackle climate change
Sixteen teenagers take part in a hackathon to devise ways to combat issues such as light pollution.
Dead animals found in canal where children row
Residents in Brentford raise concerns about sewage flowing into the local canal network.
The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral with two Americans, a Russian and a Canadian who will spend up to six months aboard the International Space Station.
Nasa heads to Scottish Highlands in its search for life on Mars
The US space agency says ancient rocks at Clachtoll have similarities to those on the Red Planet.
Hull conference to discuss training space workers
The event will bring together leaders from industry, education and the space sector.
Watch: Starship splashdown ends in fireball
The mission was supposed to last 10 hours, but SpaceX announced it was ending after 90 minutes.
Watch: From launch to fiery splashdown, SpaceX's Starship completes orbit test
A thunderous lift off, rapid satellite deployments and a fiery ending. That's how SpaceX's 14th launch of its Starship rocket panned out today.
Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
Warning more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk
Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.
The treasured 'eternal snow' on this tropical island is about to disappear forever
Climate change is transforming Papua's snowy peaks, which hold scientific value and spiritual significance.
Just how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out
Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.
Farmers' fury as race for £233m funding compared to 'scramble for Oasis tickets'
Farmers fear they may not be able to carry out environmental work because they lost out on funding.
What are the next steps for the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator?
How do we measure time accurately and why is the rotation of the Earth causing problems?
Might the UK and US joining their AI forces help solve nuclear fusion?
Prof Stuart Russell offers some advice following a report into July’s Hugging Face hack.
First dinosaur bone from Antarctica found in a drawer
The fossil, collected in Antarctica in 1985, is part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur.
Fossil identified as first dinosaur ever found in Antarctica
Argentinian geologist Eduardo Olivero became the first scientist to find the remains of a dinosaur in Antarctica in 1986.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.
From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa's historic mission to the Moon
BBC Science Editor Rebecca Morelle reflects on how it felt to watch history being made.
The 40 minutes when the Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth
As the astronauts pass behind the Moon they will experience a moment of silence and solitude as communication with the Earth is blocked.
How cleaning up the air is speeding up global warming - and revealing a bigger problem
A curious online row over this summer's heatwaves points to a wider - and worrying - shift in climate science.
How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con
Should we embrace air conditioning despite its costs and consequences?
The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off
More than three million people in the UK work night shifts, which can greatly impact their health. What can be done to help them?
After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain's weather even more extreme?
As temperatures rise, scientists are investigating whether a changing Atlantic could bring more volatile weather to the UK
Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero
The question of how important making our electricity clean is to going green is coming under increasing scrutiny
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