How bad is air pollution for our health?

David Shukman examines the effect that air pollution has on our bodies.

Controversial gas from Peruvian Amazon arrives in UK

Supporters of fracking say the UK should extract its own gas - rather than import it…

Holidays in space

SpaceX is sending two tourists to the moon, but when can the rest of us look…

Ancient skulls give clues to China human history

Two skulls found in China shed light on the ancient humans who inhabited the region before…

Can trees cut air pollution?

US study reveals how much trees help tackle urban air pollution

What’s lurking in the pool?

Scientists have found something - but no one will admit to causing it.

Scientists create ‘artificial embryos’

Scientists have created a functioning mouse embryo in the lab

Amazon forest ‘shaped by pre-Columbian indigenous peoples’

Ancient Amazon peoples planted a vast number of trees for food or building materials, a study…

DNA clues to why woolly mammoth died out

The last woolly mammoths were wracked with genetic disease and had a strange shiny coat, say…

Weather supercomputing ‘heads to Italy’

Europe's medium-range weather forecasts will cease to be constructed in the UK from 2020.