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The green light is given to the near-billion-euro space observatory that will study far-off worlds.

But the roads are much busier than during the first lockdown, new government figures show.

Exclusive: A forensic investigation finds evidence of deliberate burning in Papua's palm oil plantations.

Scientists have sequenced the "code of life" of species from almost every branch of the bird family tree.

North Atlantic tropical storms are stronger for longer when they hit land because of global warming.

The firm says the project will create 6,000 new jobs in the Midlands and the North of England

Green groups welcome the UK's plan to outlaw the import of food and other goods from protected areas.

Why the "Cluster 5" coronavirus mutation in fur farms has led to a nationwide cull and a political outcry.

Historical museum specimens have helped to solve a long standing scientific monkey puzzle.

Roy Smith made his "exciting" discovery while trawling through wrongly-identified shark fossils.

UK scientists show how astronauts on the Moon or Mars could one day mine for metals using bacteria.

Theta is the 29th Atlantic storm this hurricane season and another system is forming in the Caribbean.

The fossil from a large-toothed species helps shed more light on how humans evolved, researchers say.

What will a Joe Biden presidency mean for the global battle against rising temperatures?

The coronavirus mutation found in farmed mink in Denmark has arisen in the past, genetic data shows.

Gamers have completed 47 million mini-game tasks amounting to 36 years categorising cells.

The "sci-fi" travel concept involves travelling in pods inside vacuum tubes at very high speeds.

The government is committed to building nuclear power stations to decarbonise the UK's electricity.

Retailers are increasingly using AI to try to predict and encourage what customers purchase.

How the Indian government launched ‘Project Tiger’ to save the animals from extinction