Plastic pollution: How Ibiza is tackling its problem with waste

Hundreds of thousands of Brits travel to Ibiza each summer, but what happens to their waste…

Lake Natron, Tanzania

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over two saline lakes in East Africa: the larger Lake…

Earth from Space: Lake Natron

In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over…

'Unacceptable' power cuts blasted as California fire risk spreads south

Hundreds of thousands of Californians were still without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday as hot,…

Museum explores spooky science behind 'Frankenstein', 'The Mummy'

What is the spookiest thing about “Frankenstein,” “The Mummy” and “Dracula”? The hideous monster? The ancient…

NASA launches satellite to explore where air meets space

NASA launched a satellite on Thursday night to explore the mysterious, dynamic region where air meets…

NASA and SpaceX hope for manned mission to ISS in early 2020

SpaceX could launch US astronauts to the International Space Station as early as next year if…

Artificial meat is now made in space, coming to a supermarket near you

Creating meat from cells is no longer the realm of science fiction: a Russian cosmonaut did…

In Nairobi, recycling poo is cleaning up the slums

“When I started, there was poop in bags everywhere,” said Ricky Ojwang, skillfully navigating a rubbish-strewn…

NASA administrator explains Twitter spat with SpaceX

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Thursday that a recent Twitter statement critical of SpaceX was a…