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Sir Richard Branson's tourist spaceplane company updates on progress, unveiling a cabin design.

The world's biggest nuclear fusion project has entered its five-year assembly phase.

Tahlequah captured the world's attention when spotted carrying her dead calf for 17 days.

Experts from Heriot-Watt University's Orkney campus analysed the genetic composition of oarweed from 14 areas.

The prime minister says GPs in areas with poor health will be encouraged to prescribe cycling.

International scientific institutions are teaming up to save the world's largest aquatic amphibian.

The new ecology minister says outside heating or air conditioning is an "ecological aberration".

It is thought the animal caught the virus from its owner.

The NHS soon needs to start flu vaccinations and Covid vaccine trials - but anti-vax attitudes seem to be spreading.

Could we be heading for a double whammy of flu and coronavirus?

The Perseverance robot will take Martian rock with it when it launches from Earth on Thursday.

The sister of Rosalind Franklin says she would be surprised to be a "feminist icon" 100 years on.

The consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism are revealed by the findings.

The ban covers the import of wildlife and wildlife products as well as markets, including online sales.

If there was life on Mars, how will the US space agency's next robot rover recognise it?

Ground vibrations produced by human activity took a big dive when Covid restrictions were in force.

There has been a surge in people visiting waterways after the lockdown was eased, outdoor groups say.

An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic is destined for the environment by 2040 unless global action is taken, scientists say.

The UK says the Russian satellite launched "a projectile with the characteristics of a weapon".

The crash in shark numbers, caused largely by over-fishing, could have dire consequences for corals.