Female astronauts answer questions from orbit after spacewalk

US astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch answer questions about their all-female space walk. …

Climate change: Peatlands 'turning into carbon sources'

Scientists call for urgent action to prevent peatlands drying out and releasing vast stores of carbon. …

Prime editing: DNA tool could correct 89% of genetic defects

New technology – called prime editing – is like a “genetic word processor” able to re-write…

Dementia in football: Ex-players three and a half times more likely to die of condition

Former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than…

Are electric cars as 'green' as you think?

The lithium powering electric vehicles is found deep beneath the salt flats of Argentina …

Black hole scientist Dr Katie Bouman on trolling and teamwork

Dr Katie Bouman’s photo of the moment she saw her first black hole image went viral…

Nasa Mars 2020 Mission's MiMi Aung on women in space

At 16, MiMi Aung travelled alone to the US for an education. Now she’s a project…

European SolO probe ready to take on audacious mission

A UK-assembled European spacecraft aims to take the closest ever pictures and movies of the Sun. …

Nasa astronauts set for all-women spacewalk

Two astronauts are about to make the first all-female spacewalk. Click here for original…

Satellites to monitor whale strandings from space

Scientists are developing the techniques to spot mass stranding events from orbit. Click here…