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The Atlas V rocket, carrying the X-37B space plane, launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday.

Baby orangutans are learning new skills from their human surrogate parents.

Manchester is spearheading a new effort to create space for walking and cycling.

Scientists use the precious element to grade the quality of the natural sweetener.

The UK’s first climate assembly is holding its final sessions this weekend.

Military scientists at Porton Down have shown the BBC the work they are doing investigating coronavirus.

The chick is part of a programme to reintroduce breeding pairs of the birds in the south of England.

As lockdown is eased, we all become participants in a vast, very cautious observational experiment, experts say.

The RSPB says it has been "overrun" by reports of birds of prey being illegally killed.

Substances used for air conditioning in new cars are building up in the environment

Archaeologists say up to 4,000 people may have lived in more than 800 huts perched high on the Tap O' Noth.

Researchers say they have developed a lab-grown strain of microalgae which is more tolerant to heat.

Canadian firm GHGSat, which carries out methane monitoring from space, looks to set up a UK hub.

A test to find out whether people have already had coronavirus is said to have serious potential.

The pandemic could have an impact on conservation efforts for years to come, say conservation experts.

Why the people on the only continent without a recorded case of coronavirus are in lockdown.

Why is England pressing ahead with plans to ease lockdown rules ahead of the rest of the UK?

Fluttering creatures of the night are also vital pollinators of plants and flowers, say scientists.

Hormone-fed beef and chlorine-washed chicken should remain banned in England. the government is warned.

The fall in the carbon dioxide emissions is not just due to the country's coronavirus lockdown.