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Yes, Antarctica has (and needs) a fire department. Megan Branson spent three seasons there as a fire-fighter/paramedic.

Why are music festivals increasingly becoming a venue for science as well as bands?

The Royal Statistical Society wants people to send in their favourite stat of 2018 for a competition.

Meteorologists are hopeful Aeolus will have a big impact on the quality of medium-range weather forecasts.

Scientists have found new evidence confirming that turtles once lived without shells.

Genetic detective work gives a rare insight into the liaisons of early humans living 50,000 years ago.

Plastic waste collected at the Volvo Ocean Race is recycled and used to make items such as plastic benches.

A UK-assembled satellite goes into orbit later to make the first truly global maps of wind behaviour.

Pangolins should be considered top priority for conservation in China, say scientists studying their decline.

If this happens, India will become the fourth country to launch humans into space.

A project, more than a decade in the making, sees young eagles released in a bid to boost declining numbers.

There's hopes that a new project in Scotland will re-introduce Golden Eagles in England and Wales.

The history of the lemurs, the most endangered group of mammals, is more complex than we thought.

Scientists say they have definitive evidence for water-ice on the surface of the Moon.

One woman's mission to turn the tide on India's polluted waterways by recycling leftover flowers.

A new study on ants and robots has shown that having more workers is not necessarily better when working in confined spaces.

A reef near a polluted port raises hopes for the conservation of other endangered coral.

Flushing daily disposable lenses down the toilet is increasing the threat from plastics, say experts.

Coffee cup levy could be brought in after thousands support action to reduce single-use plastic waste.

Animal expert Dr Tim Cockerill talks us through the truth about spiders.