SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A type of parasitic ant takes over the colonies of a related species by inciting the workers to kill...

If you melted down the average UK adult, you’d find around 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of creamy yellow fat...

Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterShutterstock/ITVTV chef John Whaite has revealed his five-year addiction to steroids "made me want to end my life".The 36-year-old is best known for winning The Great British Bake Off in 2012, and came second as a contestant...

Jessica LaneEast Yorkshire and LincolnshireBBCDepartment for Education guidelines state schools should "promote the importance of girls wearing sports bras when taking part in PE and sport".The Labour MP for Sheffield Central, Abtisam Mohamed, has offered to meet with Miss...

Justin Rowlatt,Climate editor and Jessica Cruz,South America producerBBC / Tony JolliffeThe Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it.The ban - which prohibits the sale of...

Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, BrazilGetty ImagesAnd there are questions around how much they can be scaled up. If açaí production was expanded into many industrial-size plantations, it could start to cause exactly the same problems that people...

Set to track sea levels across more than 90% of Earth’s ocean, the mission must first get into orbit. Here’s what to expect.   Sentinel-6B, an ocean-tracking satellite jointly developed by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), is ready to roll...

Carl Sagan, along with co-author Edwin Salpeter, famously published a paper in the 70s about the possibility of finding life in the cloud of Jupiter. They specifically described “sinkers, floaters, and...

As misinformation about women's health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media age.The massive study, which was...

Data from Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long record of sea surface height, helping to improve coastal planning, protect critical infrastructure, and advance weather forecasts. With launch set for no earlier than 12:21 a.m. EST Monday, Nov. 17, Sentinel-6B is the...