More pollution expected from stay-home workers

Air pollution in big cities could increase because so many people are working from home, a…

Secrets of the 'uncrushable' beetle revealed

How a tiny insect with super-tough body armour can survive being stamped on or run over…

Climate change: 'Cooling paint' could cut emissions from buildings

Researchers have developed a white paint that reflects sunlight and helps cool buildings. Click…

Satellites picture methane across the globe

The GHGSat company releases a tool to show how methane varies in the atmosphere across the…

Sir David Attenborough polar research ship set to begin sea trials

Four years in the making, Britain’s new £200m polar ship is leaving the builder’s yard for…

Long Covid: Who is more likely to get it?

A study suggests old age increases the risk, as does asthma, excess weight, and being female. …

Machines to 'do half of all work tasks by 2025'

Millions more jobs will be lost to robots with Covid accelerating the trend, says the World…

Elation as Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe tags asteroid Bennu in sample bid

Osiris-Rex makes brief contact with asteroid Bennu in an effort to pick up fragments of rock. …

Extreme E invites scientist bids for ship research

Extreme E are inviting applications from scientists to conduct ocean based research aboard their ‘floating paddock’,…

Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe aims for daring 'high five' with asteroid Bennu

Osiris-Rex will make the briefest of contacts with Asteroid Bennu to try to pick up rock…