By 2100, millions of people could face a lethal threat from heat and humidity driven by…
Author: BBC News - Science & Environment
Pollination threatened by artificial light
Researchers have discovered a new global threat to pollination - artificial light at night.
Human embryos edited to stop disease
The technique could prevent deadly diseases being passed down the generations.
Alaska’s whale hunters wait for Trump’s Arctic oil plan
The BBC's Claire Marshall travels more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle to meet…
Caterpillars turned into ‘exploding zombies’ by bug
Lancashire wildlife expert says infected insects go on "death march" like a "zombie horror film".
Axing speed bumps to cut pollution ‘is daft’
Road safety campaigners say the risk of accidents from speeding outweighs the air pollution risk.
US space pioneers’ hair-raising test flights
"We didn’t understand all of the physics that were going to occur during these tests."
Shooting the stars
The shortlisted images in this year's Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year have now been selected.
Did the first flower look like this?
All living flowers ultimately derive from a single ancestor that lived about 140 million years ago,…
Tornado creates amazing Dorset water spout
A number of people across Weymouth reported seeing the phenomena earlier.