BBC

Charging for plastic bags has seen a 40% drop in the number found on beaches, say conservationists.

Some councils are considering a levy on workplace car parking - but face strong opposition from businesses.

A new weather satellite that maps cloud "waves" could help pilots avoid turbulence.

The genetic code that underpins the Ginkgo tree has been laid bare by a team of researchers led from China.

Prime Minister Theresa May announces an additional £2bn a year by 2020 for UK research and innovation.

A disease posing a "very serious threat" to the EU's olive industry is recorded on the Spanish island of Mallorca for the first time.

The PM is to pledge an extra £2bn a year for scientific research and development projects in the UK.

Theresa May is being warned not to use scientists and academics as pawns in negotiations over Brexit.

The next head of the UN global climate talks calls on the US to save Pacific islands from global warming.

The Obama administration bans offshore drilling in the Arctic but Donald Trump could rip up the ban.

Representatives from 47 of the world's most disadvantaged nations have promised that they will generate all their future energy needs from renewables.

From tractor beams to warp drive, sci-fi has inspired serious real-life research.

Astronaut Peggy Whitson has lifted off into space for her third mission to the International Space Station.

UK scientists are coming up with strategies to deal with the prospect of leaving the EU.

Nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson, 56, breaks more records as she heads to the ISS for the third time.

Delegates from more than 190 countries meeting in Marrakech issue a united call for action on climate change.

A genetic technique makes plants produce more food from sunlight - a key step in feeding the growing global population, scientists say.

A genetic technique makes plants produce more food from sunlight - a key step in feeding the growing global population, scientists say.

The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs moved rock huge distances as it dug out a crater in what is now the Gulf of Mexico, scientists say.

Scientific analysis of one of the world's oldest cobs of corn shows how maize became one of our most popular cereals.