Esme Stallard and Mark PoyntingBBC News Climate and ScienceJames Wakibia/Getty ImagesGlobal talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed.The UN negotiations, the sixth round of talks in just under three years, were due to end on Thursday but countries continued to negotiate into the night in the hopes of breaking a deadlock.There remained a split between a group of about 100 nations calling for curbs on production of plastic, and oil states pushing for a focus on recycling.Speaking in the early hours, Cuban...
Mars—once believed to have looked much like Earth with vast oceans and a thick, life-supporting atmosphere—is now a cold, dusty wasteland. For decades, scientists...
Under President Trump’s proposed budget, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would largely become the National Moon and Mars Administration, with an almost singular...
Christopher BlanchettSenior Weather PresenterJulie-Anne BarnesBBC Scotland NewsBBCIs malaria a risk?Mosquitoes don't currently pose a health risk to humans in Scotland. The parasite needed to...
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the oldest known ant fossil, dating back 113 million years, in northeastern Brazil. Published in the journal...
Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters.The move to allow exploration...