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BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 13

High Court decision expected on UK coal mine plan

High Court decision expected on UK coal mine plan

Legal challenges against the project were submitted by environmental campaigners.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 13

Butterfly thieves handed $200,000 fine

Butterfly thieves handed $200,000 fine

Two Italian men were arrested at a Sri Lankan wildlife park after they were found with hundreds of protected insects.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 12

First private spacewalk a success

First private spacewalk a success

A billionaire and an engineer have become the first non-professional crew to perform a spacewalk.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 12

Mystery tremors were from massive nine-day tsunami

Mystery tremors were from massive nine-day tsunami

Scientists launched an investigation after being baffled by seismic signals picked up across the world

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 12

National parkland in public hands 'would help nature'

National parkland in public hands 'would help nature'

Campaigners call for national parks to be given new powers to buy private land and protect habitats.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 11

Self-medicating gorillas may hold new drugs clues

Self-medicating gorillas may hold new drugs clues

Plants eaten by wild gorillas have medicinal properties that could be harnessed in drug discovery, say scientists.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 10

Its supporters dream of heat-resistant cows. But gene editing is making others nervous

Its supporters dream of heat-resistant cows. But gene editing is making others nervous

A UK law allowing gene-edited food has been paused and some British scientists fear being overtaken.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 10

Billionaire takes off for first ever private spacewalk

Billionaire takes off for first ever private spacewalk

The mission is the first of three funded by payments processing business founder Jared Isaacman.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 9

Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?

Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?

The UK's nuclear waste needs a permanent home - but finding a community willing to take it is tricky.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs

Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs

A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up?

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Musk's SpaceX to destroy retired space station

Musk's SpaceX to destroy retired space station

The California-based company will build a "tugboat" to execute the end-of-life disposal of the ISS.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Satellite captures first-of-a-kind cloud image

Satellite captures first-of-a-kind cloud image

A joint European-Japanese mission captures a space view of the internal structure of a cloud.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight

Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight

After a successful launch, the upper-stage of the rocket goes on to experience an anomaly.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks

Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks

Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean

Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean

The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office

UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office

The increase in the number of 'very hot days' of 30C or more has also been dramatic.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought

Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought

Scientists say they have new evidence that complex life on Earth began much earlier than previously believed.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Government sets record budget for green energy auction

Government sets record budget for green energy auction

The government says its budget to support a renewable energy auction will rise 50%.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

X-rays reveal tiny half-billion-year-old creature

X-rays reveal tiny half-billion-year-old creature

The creature, the size of a poppy seed, dates back 520 million years and is almost perfectly preserved.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Famous Stonehenge stone came from Scotland not Wales

Famous Stonehenge stone came from Scotland not Wales

Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap

World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap

A frozen block of ice far bigger than Greater London is captured in a vast pool of rotating water.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Witness to Titan sub tragedy tells of fear and false hope

Witness to Titan sub tragedy tells of fear and false hope

Rory Golden, who was on the Titan sub's support ship when it went missing, recounts the experience.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Water firms to be punished for years of sewage leaks

Water firms to be punished for years of sewage leaks

Thames Water, Northumbrian Water and Yorkshire Water face fines for repeated sewage leaks.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

400-year record heat threat to Great Barrier Reef

400-year record heat threat to Great Barrier Reef

The highest sea temperatures in 400 years could threaten the reef's survival, say scientists.

BBC Science and Environment Bot @bbcscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space

Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space

A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora.