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Cases of a mutated strain of Covid-19 have been detected that may undermine future vaccines.

For the first time, astronomers have managed to trace a so-called fast radio burst to a specific source.

After a three year wait, the US becomes the first nation to leave the Paris climate pact.

If the world's biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastate local wildlife.

Somali environmentalist Ahmed Ibrahim Awale hopes it will inspire African researchers.

Like the country as a whole, Oxford's Radcliffe weather station recorded an extremely wet October.

Prof Carlos Frenk is one of the originators of a theory on dark matter and galaxies.

Not for the first time, politicians highlight Scotland's potential to generate renewable energy.

A full moon at Halloween is a rare event but this year it is a blue moon which is even more unusual.

The Great Fox-Spider had not been seen since the early 1990s and was feared extinct in the UK.

The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution?

A pioneering nuclear fusion experiment based in Oxfordshire has been switched on for the first time.

The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth.

A study of dog DNA patterns shows that our "best friend" among animals is also our oldest one.

Preventing pandemics could be more than 100 times cheaper than tackling their deadly effects.

The phenomenon results in the large scale cooling of ocean surface temperature.

Entire city dims its streetlights, enabling scientists to measure light pollution from space.

Scientists put new numbers of Chinese trees' ability to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Standing 500m (1,640ft) tall, the "blade-like" reef was found off Australia's far north.

Campaigners fear that a body designed to protect the environment is being undermined.