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Image copyright AIRBUS Image caption The spacecraft has finished its test campaign and is now ready to go to Cape Canaveral in Florida The European spacecraft that aims to take the closest ever pictures of the Sun is built and ready for launch. The Solar Orbiter, or SolO, probe will put itself inside the orbit […]

Image copyright NASA Image caption The astronauts getting suited up for the spacewalk Two Nasa astronauts are about to make the first all-female spacewalk. After suiting up, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will exit the International Space Station’s Quest airlock to replace a failed power control unit. The astronauts will have to venture to one […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDr Jennifer Jackson: “Satellites get us to whales in those places that are hard to reach” Scientists developing techniques to count great whales from space say the largest ever recorded mass stranding event was probably underestimated. The carcasses of 343 sei whales were spotted on remote beaches […]

The plastic carrier bag has become something of a symbol for the problems caused by plastic pollution. But according to the family of the man who created it, Sten Gustaf Thulin, his design was supposed to help the planet and he’d be shocked and upset to see what it’s become. The Thulin family make no […]

Image copyright Getty Images The prime minister is to chair a new cabinet committee on climate change to drive action to cut emissions across the government. It follows long-standing criticism that some departments – especially transport – have failed to play their part in combating global heating. This sort of top-level co-ordination is what green […]

Image copyright Sabina Kanton Image caption Four lab-grown chimpanzee “mini-brains”. Each one is about the size of a small pea New research shows that human “mini-brains” develop more slowly than those of other primates. “Mini-brains” are miniature collections of cells that allow scientists to study how the brain develops. A Swiss team has grown artificial […]

Image copyright BLOODHOUND LSR A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the vehicle aims to show its potential by going progressively faster, year after year. By the end of 2019, Bloodhound wants to have demonstrated speeds above […]

Image copyright NASA/Joel Kowsky Image caption Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine presented the new xEMU suit The US space agency has unveiled the prototype for a new spacesuit that could be worn by the next astronauts on the Moon. Nasa chief Jim Bridenstine shared a close-up look at the next-generation suits for the agency’s Artemis programme. […]

In 2003 an extremely large, unexpected, rockfall on the Matterhorn mountain caused evacuations and a temporary halt to climbing. It sparked the creation of PermaSense, a project designed to learn more about the mountain’s movements, which has since generated many years of data. BBC Click finds out more. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick […]

Image copyright Getty Images The first figures have emerged demonstrating that Brexit uncertainty has adversely affected UK research. They show Britain’s annual share of EU research funding has fallen by nearly a third since 2015. The analysis by the Royal Society suggests scientists are choosing not to work in Britain, with a 35% drop in […]