The trailblazer who made history as Nasa’s first woman commander.

Eileen Collins, an astronaut whose name should resonate in the annals of space exploration, not only shattered the proverbial glass ceiling but continued to ascend beyond it. Her remarkable career…

UK to join major wind farm project with eight European countries

The British government has framed this landmark deal as a crucial step towards strengthening national and regional energy independence, offering a vital escape from what it terms the "fossil fuel…

Would you really trust a robot to care for you in old age? These robots can clean, exercise – and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?

The notion of delegating the intimate and complex task of elderly care to machines might once have seemed confined to the pages of science fiction. Yet, in a quiet lab…

The huge sums energy firms get to not provide power

Consider the early hours of 3 June, a date that starkly illustrates this inefficiency. At 1am, near gale-force winds were sweeping across Scotland. For the immense Moray East and West…

Bats are seeking sanctuary in churches – but they’re making an unholy mess

Soon, the historic edifice awakens with the subtle flutter of wings. Bats begin to emerge from their hidden roosts, darting and swooping through the aisles, their amplified chatter filling the…

Do UN climate talks have a point any more?

A photograph from a decade ago in Paris captures a moment that now feels like a relic of a bygone era. At COP21, dozens of world leaders, impeccably dressed, lined…

Artemis II: Nasa’s mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad

The monumental 98-meter-tall SLS, crowned with the Orion spacecraft, embarked on its methodical 6.5-kilometer (4-mile) trek from the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This intricate process, which saw the fully…

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat

Powerful farming lobbies and a faction of Brazilian politicians are vehemently pushing to lift these restrictions. They argue that the ban constitutes an unfair "cartel," an anti-competitive measure that unduly…

Cats became our companions way later than you think

A groundbreaking study, meticulously analysing DNA from ancient cat bones unearthed at archaeological sites across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia, rewrites a significant chapter in the story of human-animal cohabitation.…

BBC Inside Science – Answering Celebrity Science Questions – BBC Sounds.

In a captivating episode of BBC Radio 4’s acclaimed science programme, "Inside Science," listeners were treated to a unique exploration of profound scientific queries, not from the usual academic corridors,…