Ariel: Contract signed to build European planet telescope

Airbus will lead the construction of the Ariel observatory which will study 1,000 distant worlds. …

Nasa unveils new class of astronaut candidates

The six men and four women could fly to the space station and on future missions…

Sarah Gilbert: Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid

More funding is needed to prepare for pandemics and prevent gains from being lost, Dame Sarah…

Climate change: Is ‘blue hydrogen’ Japan’s answer to coal?

The Fukushima disaster turned Japan away from nuclear. A new energy source may help it quit…

Nasa: Belfast mathematician working towards her astronaut dream

Dr Caoimhe Rooney, from Belfast, keeps one eye on calculus and the other fixed firmly on…

Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat

Researchers discover coastal species living on debris miles from their natural surroundings. Click here…

Gene edited sex selection may spare animal suffering

A gene editing technique may prevent the slaughter of animals not needed by the livestock industry. …

Shell pulls out of Cambo oil field development

The oil giant said the economic case for investment in the controversial project was “not strong…

COP26: UK 'nowhere near' meeting targets agreed at Glasgow climate summit

Ministers are told they must agree tougher policies to get the UK on track to meet…

New plan to pay farmers who protect winter soil

The empty brown fields of winter countryside could be transformed under new land subsidy rules for…