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Most washing machines come with 25kg of concrete - but researchers claim there's a simple alternative.

A new species of mega-herbivore dinosaur discovered in Alberta, Canada preserves incredible details of its skin, scales and spines.

Researchers have released the most accurate map ever produced of the dark matter in our Universe.

The National Trust weighs into the campaign to keep subsidies for Britain's farmers at the current level.

DNA is shedding light on the people who built Greece's earliest civilizations.

By 2100, millions of people could face a lethal threat from heat and humidity driven by global warming.

Researchers have discovered a new global threat to pollination - artificial light at night.

The technique could prevent deadly diseases being passed down the generations.

The BBC's Claire Marshall travels more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle to meet the Inupiat, who call the ocean their "garden".

Lancashire wildlife expert says infected insects go on "death march" like a "zombie horror film".

Road safety campaigners say the risk of accidents from speeding outweighs the air pollution risk.

"We didn’t understand all of the physics that were going to occur during these tests."

The shortlisted images in this year's Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year have now been selected.

All living flowers ultimately derive from a single ancestor that lived about 140 million years ago, a study suggests.

A number of people across Weymouth reported seeing the phenomena earlier.

The local water board apologises for 'causing alarm' with discharge from sewage tank maintenance.

Rangers in Malawi take on the mammoth task of moving hundreds of elephants to safer national parks.

How field crickets are being brought back from the brink of extinction by a unique conservation project.

DNA analyses of tardigrades has given scientists an insight into their incredible survival abilities.

The secretion is very strong, moves with the body and sticks to wet surfaces, scientists say.