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A Chinese team corrected the potentially fatal blood disorder beta-thalassemia.

Conservationists push the UK to make its remote South Sandwich Islands a protected sanctuary.

Ripples in the fabric of space-time are sensed again - this time using three different laser systems.

The BBC is going under the waves with David Attenborough in a second series of Blue Planet, which was first shown in 2001.

Diprotodon, an extinct Ice Age marsupial of Australia, would trek long distances each year for food.

The ex-chief scientist says the government should be made to enshrine a zero-emissions target in law.

The Parker Solar Probe is going to be the first spacecraft to journey deep into the sun's atmosphere.

The solar farm will generate enough electricity for about 2,500 homes, its backers said.

As pub chain Wetherspoons phases out plastic straws for waste reasons, is it time we scrapped them?

The world's botanic gardens contain a third of all known plants and help protect 40% of endangered ones.

Australia is to be the third launch partner on the UK's innovative new small radar satellite, NovaSAR.

US firm Planet Labs makes satellites you could hold in your hands, and has more in orbit than anyone else.

Despite signs that numbers of giant pandas are rising, suitable habitat has shrunk, satellite data shows.

The country is one of the few major developed nations not to have a dedicated agency.

Mount Agung on Bali is an active volcano that may be about to erupt for the first time in 54 years.

Scottish Power says electric cars and a shift to electric heating could mean a big rise in demand for electricity.

Judges has to choose between 3,800 entries from all over the world.

Alexander Blanco's conservation work is helping to save the world's most powerful eagle.

The near-6,000 sq km block of ice known as A-68 looks finally to be on the move.

It will enter clinical trials to prevent and treat the infection next year.