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Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel admits one of its industrial plants is responsible for turning an Arctic river blood-red.

An engineer arrives in the UK in his solar-powered tuk-tuk seven months after setting off from India on a 6,200 mile (9,978 km) journey.

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos says the big, re-usable rocket he has been developing inside his Blue Origin space company will be called New Glenn, after John Glenn.

An Olympic-style delivery agency could ensure the costs of implementing carbon capture and storage technology are kept to a minimum, says a parliamentary report

Ground-breaking work on synthetic organ transplants made Paolo Macchiarini one of the most famous doctors in the world. Now his reputation lies in tatters.

Researchers discover that during sleep, thoughts your care about are more likely to enter your memory.

A federal judge denies a request to halt construction on a controversial oil pipeline that is deeply opposed by Native American tribes.

Written in the sediments of north-west England's lakes is a record of extreme flood events - information that can inform future flood preparedness.

Star Trek has had an “inspirational relationship” with the space programme, says Robert Picardo, who played the medical hologram in Star Trek Voyager.

An investigation into how a SpaceX rocket exploded on the launchpad is uncovering 'the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years' says founder Elon Musk.

Virgin Galactic has flown its new rocket plane for the first time in a “captive-carry test” above California.

A probe called Osiris-Rex will sample the asteroid, which is on Nasa's list of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids.

The world's wilderness is vanishing at an "alarming" rate, say conservationists.

Specially designed tags that act as 'daily diaries' are revealing previously unknown animal behaviours.

Britain's native dormouse has declined by more than a third since the year 2000 according to a new report by wildlife charity, the People's Trust for Endangered Species.

Lion hunting in South Africa is a big business, but while many groups play by the rules, there are continuing reports of illegal hunts, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports.

Nasa launches its Osirex-Rex probe, which will try to grab a sample of rock from an asteroid and return it to Earth.

A study into the DNA of giraffes reveals they are not one species, but four.

A British student has invented a mobile fridge to transport vaccines on long journeys at the right temperature.

UK researchers launch a global effort to source photos of threatened or destroyed cultural landmarks and compile them into 3D reconstructions, housed within an online map.