BBC

Subscribe to BBC feed BBC
BBC News - Science & Environment
Updated: 2 hours 6 min ago

Solar Impulse completes historic round-the-world trip

Tue, 2016-07-26 10:06
The Solar Impulse becomes the first aircraft to circle the globe powered by the sun after landing in Abu Dhabi on the last leg of its journey.
Categories: Around The Web

Dutch men confirmed as world's tallest

Tue, 2016-07-26 09:39
When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a new study reveals.
Categories: Around The Web

In pictures

Tue, 2016-07-26 09:11
Photographer Charles Fox documents the work of the Trapang Sangke fishing community in Cambodia.
Categories: Around The Web

New trials for delivering goods by drones

Tue, 2016-07-26 09:02
The UK government's getting together with the retail giant Amazon, to start testing flying drones that can deliver parcels to your door.
Categories: Around The Web

Scans reveal how teenage brain develops

Tue, 2016-07-26 05:00
The areas of the brain involved in complex thought are the ones that change the most during the teenage years, research shows.
Categories: Around The Web

Tigers maul two women at Beijing wildlife park

Sun, 2016-07-24 20:56
Tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing have killed one woman and injured another after the pair left their vehicle, Chinese media reports say.
Categories: Around The Web

Solar Impulse: Zero-fuel plane begins final flight

Sun, 2016-07-24 09:59
The Sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse sets out from Egypt's capital, Cairo, on the last leg of its quest to circle the globe.
Categories: Around The Web

Rare bog butterfly flutters back from brink

Sat, 2016-07-23 10:37
A small bog in Lancashire is once again home to a rare species of butterfly, for the first time in 100 years.
Categories: Around The Web

Telecopes: A giant leap for Africa

Fri, 2016-07-22 20:50
Currently under construction, the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa is establishing its role in scientific research.
Categories: Around The Web

Sunburned dolphin spotted in Moray Firth

Fri, 2016-07-22 20:17
A dolphin that was sunburned while stranded out of water on mudflats for 24 hours in May appears to be recovering from its injuries.
Categories: Around The Web

Super-hard metal 'four times tougher than titanium'

Fri, 2016-07-22 13:59
A super-hard metal is made in the laboratory by melting together titanium and gold.
Categories: Around The Web

Drought 'shuts down Amazon carbon sink'

Fri, 2016-07-22 13:56
A recent drought shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink by killing trees and slowing trees' growth rates, a first-of-its-kind study shows.
Categories: Around The Web

Wild birds 'come when called' to help hunt honey

Fri, 2016-07-22 04:12
Honey hunters in Mozambique rely on the help of honeyguide birds - and a new study reveals their two-way communication.
Categories: Around The Web

Brain map carves cortex into twice as many areas

Thu, 2016-07-21 23:01
A brain map built up from scans of more than 400 individuals has carved the "cortex" into 180 different compartments, including 97 new ones.
Categories: Around The Web

Twycross Zoo begins great ape heart disease study

Thu, 2016-07-21 09:18
Twycross Zoo and the University of Nottingham are to look into why great apes are susceptible to heart disease.
Categories: Around The Web

South Africa's great white sharks 'facing extinction'

Thu, 2016-07-21 04:36
South Africa's great white shark population is heading for possible extinction‚ after a rapid decline in numbers, say researchers.
Categories: Around The Web

June 2016 'hottest worldwide in modern history'

Thu, 2016-07-21 04:11
June 2016 was the hottest June worldwide in modern history - marking the 14th month in a row that global temperature records have been broken
Categories: Around The Web

Vast asteroid created 'Man in Moon's eye' crater

Thu, 2016-07-21 03:11
One of the biggest craters on the Moon's surface was created by an asteroid more than 250km across, a study suggests.
Categories: Around The Web

Google uses AI to save on electricity from data centres

Wed, 2016-07-20 23:01
Its artificial intelligence division, DeepMind, has cut Google's data centres' energy consumption by 15%, using a machine-learning algorithm.
Categories: Around The Web

UK lab animal numbers holding steady

Wed, 2016-07-20 22:55
New figures show that animal experiments in UK labs are continuing at an almost identical rate to recent years.
Categories: Around The Web

Pages