Science & Environment

People with lung conditions describe the impact air pollution has on their health. Read More source

In a bid to limit ocean pollution, the government will introduce new controls on single use plastic items. Read More…

Researchers say it shows driverless cars working together could improve traffic flow by at least 35%. Read More source

A single mother almost missed out on a coveted Nasa internship until strangers stepped in to help. Read More source

France released two brown bears in the Pyrenees – but one has now killed eight sheep in Spain. Read More…

Marine biologist and diver David Ainsley is concerned about the effect fish farms have on marine life. Read More source

A mining dam could collapse as early as next week, months after a similar disaster killed 230 people. Read More…

Wasps are seen as ‘bothersome and pointless’ and not given the attention they deserve – researchers. Read More source

Up to a million shoes are among the tide of plastic debris washed up on an Australian island say scientists.…

A petition signed by 350,000 people calls for “netting” of trees and hedges to be a criminal offence. Read More…

The idea that you cannot kill any animal is “fatally flawed” as a conservation concept, scientists argue. Read More source

The blood-sucking parasites have been around for at least 115 million years, according to a recent study. Read More source

Europe prepares to send technology to Mars to look for evidence that there is life on the planet. Read More…

How is this man growing vegetables in the most northerly major human settlement on Earth. Read More source

A London food chain is now including insects on its menu but can eating insects help save the planet? Read…

India’s political parties promise free electricity to farmers and ambitious infrastructure projects. Read More source

The second largest emperor penguin colony in Antarctica disappears, satellite images show. Read More source

UK scientists have created an artificial version of the stomach bug E. coli that is based on an entirely synthetic…