Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats
A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US succeeded in ending the talks. More than 100 countries had gathered in London...
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In praise of the humble seed
Rebecca Morelle,Science Editor and Alison Francis,Senior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News Cate Blanchett has teamed up with Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank She’s a Hollywood A-lister, with a mantelpiece groaning under...
The trailblazer who made history as Nasa’s first woman commander
Rebecca Morelle,Science Editor and Alison Francis,Senior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/ BBC News From a very young age, Eileen Collins wanted to be an astronaut She’s the astronaut who smashed through...
BBC Inside Science – Have scientists created a bionic eye?
Available for over a year The ‘bionic eye’ may make you think of Star Trek’s Geordi La Forge. Now, scientists have restored the ability to read in a group of...
South Korea’s fishermen keep dying. Is climate change to blame?
Jean MackenzieSeoul correspondent BBC/Hosu Lee Boat owner Hong Suk-hui says the seas are becoming more dangerous Hong Suk-hui was waiting on the shore of South Korea’s Jeju Island when the...
Would you really trust a robot to care for you...
Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent BBC Listen to Pallab reading this article Hidden away in a lab in north-west London three black metal robotic hands move eerily on an engineering work bench....
Climate plans don’t limit dangerous warming, UN says ahead of...
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images Only 64 countries have submitted new plans to cut carbon, the UN says, despite all being required to do so ahead of next month’s COP30...
The huge sums energy firms get to not provide power
Justin RowlattEnvironment Editor BBC It is 1am on 3 June. A near gale force wind is blasting into Scotland. Great weather for the Moray East and West offshore wind farms,...
BBC Inside Science – Is climate change to blame for...
Available for over a year What’s been called the storm of the century – Hurricane Melissa – has barrelled through Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas over the past two days....
Bats are seeking sanctuary in churches
Rebecca Morelle,Science Editor and Alison Francis,Senior Science Journalist Chris Damant/Bernwood Ecology About half of all churches in England have bats in them It’s a job that can only be done...
