Falcon Heavy: Big SpaceX rocket lights 27 engines

US firm SpaceX conducts a key test ahead of the debut flight of its new rocket…

First monkey clones created in Chinese laboratory

Two monkeys have been cloned using the technique that produced Dolly the Sheep.

‘Disco ball’ flies into space from NZ

US start-up Rocket Lab says its recent launch put a reflective sphere in orbit.

NTAs: David Attenborough on Blue Planet II’s Impact

Sir David Attenborough's impassioned speech at the NTAs was all about protecting "our beautiful world".

Antarctica’s Weddell Sea ‘deserves protected status’

Scientists have called for special status to protect coral, penguins and other wildlife in Antarctica.

Antarctica’s Weddell Sea ‘deserves protected status’

Scientists dive into Antarctic waters to build the case for a vast new marine protected area.

The human-elephant conflict in India’s tea state Assam

How expanding tea plantations in India's Assam state are putting humans in conflict with elephants.

Why you can’t judge a zebra by its stripes

Looking at a zebra's stripes may not be a good way to tell different types apart,…

Cosmonaut does a test flight on a vacuum cleaner at the International Space Station

Russian cosmonaut, Anton Shkaplerov, said he'd had so man questions from people asking if it was…

New Caledonian crows show how technology evolves

Clever, tool-making crows show scientists the first foundations of technological development.