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China is set to launch a second experimental space station Tiangong 2, as it looks to have a manned station by around 2022, state media say.

Diego the tortoise, 100, has fathered around 800 offspring on his native Galapagos Archipelago.

Just keeping an eye on small prostate cancers results in the same 10-year survival rate as treating them, a major study suggests.

A crow that survives only in captivity has been found to adapt and use tools to find food, according to scientists.

A crow that survives only in captivity has been found to adapt and use tools to find food, according to scientists.

Astronomers have discovered signs of a baby planet developing around another star.

The health of the countryside varies depending on how it is measured.

The European Space Agency has released details of the position and brightness of more than a billion stars.

Fifteen stunning images from the Royal Photographic Society's International Images for Science competition

The opening of data sources in agricultural research is needed to deliver the global goal of delivering zero hunger by 2030, say campaigners.

Europe's Gaia space telescope releases its first batch of data as it builds the most precise map ever made of the night sky.

Japan's Sakurajima volcano, one of the country's most active, is due for a major eruption within the next 30 years, according to researchers examining new data.

Insights into the data behind the football industry, both real and simulated, from the brains behind Football Manager.

More than 50 conservation groups say the "policy-driven" intensification of farming is a significant driver of nature loss in the UK.

An astrophysics professor and contemporary music producers have teamed up to create a special remix of some of the observatory's historic archive recordings.

A UK company has come up with a new technique to remove leaf residue from railway lines. The new microwave technology is being trialled.

Forester Peter Wohlleben thinks trees talk to each other through their roots and fungal networks.

The gravitational forces responsible for high tides may also play a role in triggering major earthquakes, a study suggests.

A project led by adventurer David Hempleman-Adams that aimed to sail the Arctic’s North East and North West passages in a single season has completed its quest.

TS Sudhir explains why violence has broken out in India's technology hub Bangalore over a long-running dispute about water.