Togo imports an estimated 500,000 tonnes of e-waste a year, some of it can be a health hazard, but it also inspires local innovators and provides...
The first Moon rock samples, brought back to Earth by the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s, taught scientists a lot about the celestial body....
A paralysed musician has regained his singing voice thanks to new technology. Popular South Korean singer, Kim Hyuk-Gun says he lost the ability to perform after...
Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews A passenger on board an ice-bound research vessel stuck in the Antarctic has been describing the start of a rescue operation....
There have been 55,000 additional deaths in the UK in the ten weeks since the first death from coronavirus, according to the latest figures from the...
China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time. The Shenzhou-16 mission took off from the...
The space race between the capitalist US and communist USSR saw decades of competition to push the boundaries of what mankind could achieve in space, all...
When it’s bitterly cold in Britain more people die, and much of those deaths are preventable. Indeed, experts point out that far colder countries have fewer...
Lucy Hawking describes the moment her famous scientist father, Doctor Stephen Hawking, was asked by a child – what happens if you fall into a black...
The menopause is becoming less of a taboo and more work is being done to better understand women’s reproductive health. But could we, and should we,...
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