Science & Environment

Sir David Attenborough has been presenting wildlife programmes for 70 years Seventy years after he first fronted a wildlife programme, Sir David Attenborough is keenly aware of the impact they can have. “The world would be in a far, far worse situation now had there been no broadcasting of natural history,” he said. “People have […]

NASA Work to build the International Space Station began in 1998 In June two American astronauts left Earth expecting to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS). But after fears that their Boeing Starliner spacecraft was unsafe to fly back on, Nasa delayed Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s return until 2025. They are […]

RMS Titanic / Getty The Titan sub was on a trip to see the wreck of the Titanic It was the submersible that promised passengers the trip of a lifetime. A chance to descend 3,800m (12,500ft) to the Atlantic depths to visit the wreck of the Titanic. But last year, a dive by Oceangate’s Titan […]

Jeff Kerby Scientists were able to pin down the location of the tsunami to a remote fjord in East Greenland A massive landslide in a Greenland fjord triggered a wave that “shook the Earth” for nine days. The seismic signal last September was picked up by sensors all over the world, leading scientists to investigate […]

BBC There’s nothing new about genetic engineering. By cross-breeding plants and animals, our Stone Age ancestors realised they could boost the amount of food they produced. Modern genetics has enabled scientists to do much more: to make precise, targeted changes to the DNA of organisms in a lab. And that, they claim, will lead to […]