Work at National Trust site to prevent flooding
Image source, Charlie Stubbs / BBCImage caption, Emilia Fahlstromova is one of the rangers working on the flood preventi...
Ospreys hatch at nature reserve for first time
Image source, Mhairi Maclauchlan/RSPBImage caption, The chicks have all been ringed, like their parent, so their future ...
When and where to see the solar eclipse in London
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A partial solar eclipse over Big Ben in London on 10 June 2021ByAmy ClarkeRepor...
What to Know About Europe’s Total Solar Eclipse: Where to See It and How to Watch Safely
We’re answering some questions about the solar eclipse on Aug. 12, and providing a place for you to ask more of them.
China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in eastern China on Sunday eveningPublished16 minutes ...
'Not afraid to stay': The Canadians taking fighting wildfires into their own hands
Image source, Supplied by Sonja LeverkusByNadine YousifSenior Canada reporterPublished57 minutes agoWhen a wildfire brok...
Dr. Maura L. Gillison, Who Linked Throat Cancers to HPV, Dies at 61
She challenged the conventional view that a majority of head and neck cancers resulted from cigarette smoking and excess...
'Now our lives have changed': Drop in coal burning is helping the African Sahel turn green after decades of drought
Warming has brought extreme rain to the parched Sahel, which is seeing aquifers refill as monsoons grow stronger. But he...
Exploring 'very low Earth orbit': The world's 1st air-breathing satellite thruster could soon get a test run
Air-breathing electric propulsion could help satellites explore a new frontier, one that lies quite close to our planet.
On this day in space! Aug. 9, 1976: Soviet Luna 24 sample return probe launches to the moon
On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission an...
'His urine goes on tour around Europe, showing the kings and queens this glowing pee': The weird world of alchemy before chemistry
Science writer Kit Chapman on the weird world of alchemy before chemistry.
The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 will reveal something nobody has ever seen before
A naked-eye view of the sun's outer atmosphere is the reason eclipse chasers travel the world. Here's what it may look l...