A Nasa telescope inside a jumbo jet yields new insights into how stars are born from…
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Plastic bag charge: 5p levy could be extended in England
Corner shops could be told to charge shoppers for single-use carrier bags under new government plans.
Japanese astronaut sorry for 9cm ISS growth mistake
Norishige Kanai says he has actually grown 2cm in space in three weeks, blaming a measuring…
A marine biologist says a humpback whale saved her from a shark
A marine biologist says a humpback whale saved her from a shark during a recent research…
How North Carolina’s alligators are surviving the cold snap
The reptiles employ a clever trick when the water they live in freezes over
Great Barrier Reef: Warmer seas ‘turning turtles female’
Green sea turtles' gender is temperature dependent and there are now too many females, a study…
Pollution hotspots revealed: Check your area
Enter your postcode to see what the air quality is like where you are living in…
End signalled for European Ariane 5 rocket
A final batch order is raised for the Ariane 5 - the workhorse European rocket of…
Paraguay lagoon sees giant lily pads return
Tourists are flocking to see the giant water lilies, which locals had thought were extinct.