Hundreds of Japanese species have been found on US coasts, swept there by the deadly 2011…
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Europe plans Sentinel satellite expansion
The process begins of scoping new spacecraft for the Sentinel Earth observation network.
Will this rover succeed in exploring the Moon’s surface?
A team in Bangalore has entered the Google Lunar X Prize to land a rover on…
Embryo: Precise ‘chemical surgery’ performed
Sir Paul Nurse says this kind of technique could be done in the UK.
‘Virtual flu’
A major citizen science project will spread virtual flu with the aim of understanding how to…
New species of giant rat discovered on the Solomon Islands
Four times larger than regular rodents, a large, tree-dwelling rat has been found in the Pacific.
‘Chemical embryo surgery’ removes disease
A team in China is the first in the world to use "base editing" to alter…
Environmentalists: UK’s Antarctic islands need protection
Conservationists push the UK to make its remote South Sandwich Islands a protected sanctuary.
Gravitational wave hunters bag fourth black-hole detection
Ripples in the fabric of space-time are sensed again - this time using three different laser…
Blue Planet 2 producer promises a ‘real life Pixar’ from underwater sequel
The BBC is going under the waves with David Attenborough in a second series of Blue…