Mount Etna: BBC crew caught up in volcano blast

Volcano watchers suffer cuts, bruises and burns as an explosion pelts them with hot rocks and…

Germany to push for carbon price at G20

Germany will use its G20 Presidency to nudge world leaders towards a global price on carbon,…

Hans Rosling, population expert: Five last thoughts

In his last BBC interview, the statistician highlighted five key ways demographics are shaping the world.

No let-up in Cyprus bird poaching

Record numbers of songbirds are still being killed on a British military base in Cyprus.

The captivating images that celebrate science

The art of science - captivating scientific images from the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards.

Opening the skies to children in Kenya

Astronomer Susan Murabana takes a telescope round Kenya to enthuse schoolchildren.

Think again: Will circular runways ever take off?

Could circular runways be the future of air travel? Aviation expert Henk Hesselink of the Netherlands…

Low carbon drive ‘cuts household bills’

Extra cost of wind and solar power outweighed by energy saving, says report.

China’s ‘airpocalypse’ linked to Arctic sea ice loss

A deadly haze of air pollution over China in 2013 has been linked to the melting…

Flower-friendly habitat for bumblebees ‘raises survival’

Access to flower-rich habitats is key to the survival of wild bumblebees, say ecologists.