SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission preparations to science aboard the International Space Station, teams at Johnson helped prepare for future missions to the...

Lisa Summers,Scotland health and social care correspondentandCatherine Lyst,BBC ScotlandGetty ImagesScotland's resident doctors are to go on strike in a dispute over pay - the first time a national walkout has been staged by NHS workers.Their union BMA Scotland had...

On 17 December 2025, two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This was the 14th launch for Europe’s satellite navigation operational satellite programme, reinforcing Europe’s resilience and autonomy. The flight, VA266, was the first launch...

Chris Buck stands barefoot in his kitchen holding a glass bottle of unfiltered Lithuanian farmhouse ale. He swirls the bottle gently to stir up a fingerbreadth blanket of yeast and pours the turbulent beer into a glass mug.Buck raises...

Young people will be hit hardest by successive governments' failure to focus on financial and societal challenges caused by an ageing population, a House of Lords report has suggested.They will need to plan and prepare to work longer and...

Could AI’s insatiable thirst for colossal data centres be fixed by launching them into space? Tech companies are eyeing...

For the past year, I kept bringing the same story to my editor: quantum computers are on the edge...

Several countries around the world introduced new restrictions on internet access in 2025 to protect children from viewing harmful...

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent"Going forward, the priority is to continue using these methods for long-term surveillance, so we can understand how multiple emerging stressors will shape whale health in the coming years," said Helena Costa of Nord University, Norway. The...

Despite their reputation for advanced sanitation, ancient Romans at a major fort in northern England were probably suffering from...